.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, advancing to the United States Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the most recent end of a girls's suit in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty mins, a significantly tougher and also longer exam than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She had not been fairly as dominant on the US Open's hard courtrooms, where Vekic believes a lot more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty difficult to trump on difficult courtrooms, having hit her very first Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely proud of on my own due to the fact that it is actually difficult altering surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, particularly since I returned to China, so I do not possess the very same technique like all the various other players," Zheng pointed out. "So, essentially, I'm just attempting to hold myself, locate a means to obtain the match, even when I'm not thinking at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise trumped Zheng in 2014 in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her means to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll be ready-- just as long as she obtains eight or nine hours of sleep after eventually returning to the hotels and resort." I truly such as to play against her, as well as I am actually awaiting playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I understand she is just one of the greatest players on tough courts, as well as I have actually been hoping for this instant." Vekic was coming off her finest lead to a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed understood she skipped an odds to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took long stops in irritation after skipping a chance, periodically tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to gain the 2nd set and even the suit, steering Zheng back along with some blistering gains just before utilizing an ideal decrease fired to give herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic produced two straight spontaneous mistakes, and also Zheng damaged her. Zheng then broke once more at affection for a 5-2 lead facing the sporadic crowd that had actually lingered past 2 a.m.The previous most current appearance for a women's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.