.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the United States Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the most recent end of a ladies's suit in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a far harder and also longer examination than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st singles gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't very as leading on the US Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic believes far more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to trump on difficult courtrooms, having actually hit her 1st Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel definitely proud of myself due to the fact that it is actually hard transforming areas from clay-based to hard, specifically due to the fact that I went back to China, so I do not have the same practice like all the various other players," Zheng said. "Thus, generally, I'm just trying to store myself, locate a method to get the match, even though I'm not experiencing at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng last year in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- provided that she acquires 8 or even 9 hours of sleep after finally returning to the hotel." I actually such as to bet her, and I'm looking forward to betting her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is among the greatest players on difficult courts, and also I've been actually wishing for this instant." Vekic was actually going over her absolute best cause a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed recognized she overlooked a possibility to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took long stops in frustration after missing out on a go, from time to time moving her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to gain the second set and also even the match, driving Zheng back along with some scorching gains prior to using a perfect drop shot to offer herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic produced two upright spontaneous mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point broke once again at affection for a 5-2 lead in front of the thin group that had actually remained previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent finish for a women's match was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.