.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday morning in the most recent end of a women's suit in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, 50 minutes, a far harder as well as longer exam than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first singles gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She wasn't quite as prevalent on the United States Open's hard courts, where Vekic feels so much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to beat on difficult courtrooms, having hit her very first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely happy with myself considering that it's difficult modifying surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially considering that I went back to China, so I don't possess the same method like all the other players," Zheng said. "Thus, essentially, I'm simply making an effort to store on my own, locate a way to get the complement, even if I am actually not believing at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally defeated Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her means to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- as long as she receives eight or nine hours of rest after lastly getting back to the lodging." I definitely like to play against her, as well as I am actually awaiting playing against her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I understand she is among the best players on difficult courts, as well as I've been expecting this minute." Vekic was actually going over her ideal cause a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she overlooked a possibility to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took lengthy stops briefly in stress after missing a chance, sometimes tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to succeed the second set and also also the match, steering Zheng back along with some blistering profits just before using a perfect drop fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic made pair of upright unforced errors, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point cracked again at love for a 5-2 top facing the sparse crowd that had remained previous 2 a.m.The previous newest finish for a girls's match was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.