.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the most recent finish of a girls's suit in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes, a far tougher and longer test than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's 1st songs gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She wasn't pretty as dominant on the US Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic thinks much more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty challenging to defeat on difficult courts, having reached her first Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience actually happy with myself since it is actually not easy changing surfaces from clay to hard, especially because I went back to China, so I do not have the exact same technique like all the other players," Zheng claimed. "So, basically, I'm only trying to store on my own, find a means to obtain the complement, regardless of whether I am actually not believing at my finest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise beat Zheng in 2015 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her way to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- so long as she gets 8 or nine hours of sleep after ultimately responding to the resort." I actually such as to bet her, and I'm anticipating betting her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is among the greatest players on hard courtrooms, and also I've been actually expecting this moment." Vekic was coming off her finest lead to a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she overlooked a possibility to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took long stops in disappointment after skipping a try, occasionally tugging at her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to win the 2nd collection and also also the match, driving Zheng back with some blistering yields before utilizing a best decrease shot to provide herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic made two upright spontaneous errors, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point damaged once more at passion for a 5-2 lead before the thin crowd that had actually stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous newest surface for a females's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.