.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, advancing to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the latest end of a girls's suit in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a far harder as well as longer examination than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first songs gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She had not been fairly as dominant on the United States Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic experiences much more comfy than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to trump on challenging courtrooms, having reached her very first Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe actually proud of on my own given that it is actually not easy transforming areas from clay-based to hard, particularly due to the fact that I returned to China, so I do not have the very same technique like all the various other gamers," Zheng pointed out. "Therefore, basically, I am actually simply making an effort to keep on my own, locate a technique to obtain the complement, even when I'm certainly not experiencing at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly participate in again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise defeated Zheng last year in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her method to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- provided that she gets 8 or even nine hrs of sleep after finally responding to the hotel." I actually as if to bet her, and also I am actually looking forward to playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I know she's one of the greatest players on difficult courtrooms, and also I have actually been anticipating this moment." Vekic was coming off her best lead to a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed recognized she skipped a chance to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took lengthy stops briefly in disappointment after missing out on a chance, sometimes moving her hair or even relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer broke Zheng to gain the second set and also even the match, steering Zheng back along with some blistering profits before making use of a perfect decrease shot to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic produced two straight spontaneous errors, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng then broke again at affection for a 5-2 top before the thin crowd that had actually remained previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent coating for a women's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.