.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, developing to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday early morning in the latest end of a females's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hrs, 50 minutes, a much more durable and longer test than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial songs gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She wasn't quite as dominant on the United States Open's hard courts, where Vekic believes much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to trump on hard courtrooms, having actually hit her 1st Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe really pleased with on my own considering that it's hard changing surfaces coming from clay to hard, particularly given that I went back to China, so I don't possess the exact same strategy like all the other players," Zheng mentioned. "Therefore, generally, I'm just attempting to store myself, discover a method to acquire the complement, even when I'm not experiencing at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also trumped Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her technique to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- as long as she acquires 8 or nine hours of sleep after eventually getting back to the lodging." I truly such as to play against her, as well as I'm anticipating betting her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I understand she is among the best players on hard courtrooms, as well as I've been anticipating this second." Vekic was actually going over her ideal result in a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on a possibility to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy pauses in stress after missing a chance, sometimes tugging at her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to gain the second collection and also even the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching gains prior to using an ideal reduce shot to offer herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic made 2 upright unforced errors, and also Zheng damaged her. Zheng then broke again at passion for a 5-2 top facing the thin crowd that had stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous most recent coating for a females's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.