.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the latest 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 hrs, fifty moments, a much more durable and longer test than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She wasn't fairly as leading on the US Open's difficult courts, where Vekic feels so much more relaxed than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to beat on hard courtrooms, having actually reached her very first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel definitely pleased with myself due to the fact that it is actually challenging transforming areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially because I returned to China, so I don't possess the same method like all the other players," Zheng mentioned. "Thus, generally, I am actually simply attempting to keep myself, discover a method to acquire the complement, regardless of whether I'm certainly not thinking at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely play again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her way to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- just as long as she obtains 8 or even 9 hours of sleeping after ultimately responding to the hotel." I definitely like to bet her, as well as I am actually expecting betting her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the best gamers on tough courtrooms, and I've been anticipating this minute." Vekic was actually going over her finest result in a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on a chance to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took lengthy stops in frustration after missing a chance, from time to time moving her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to win the 2nd set as well as even the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching yields before making use of an ideal reduce fired to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic produced two upright unforced inaccuracies, and also Zheng damaged her. Zheng after that damaged once more at passion for a 5-2 lead before the thin group that had stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most current finish for a women's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.