.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, 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 finish of a females's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty moments, a far tougher and also longer exam than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's very first single people gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She wasn't pretty as leading on the United States Open's tough courts, where Vekic thinks so much more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty challenging to beat on difficult courtrooms, having reached her initial Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe actually proud of on my own since it's hard changing surfaces from clay to hard, specifically given that I returned to China, so I do not have the exact same strategy like all the other players," Zheng mentioned. "Thus, basically, I am actually simply trying to store on my own, discover a method to get the complement, even though I'm certainly not believing at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise defeated Zheng in 2013 in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- so long as she obtains eight or nine hours of sleeping after eventually getting back to the accommodation." I really such as to bet her, and I'm eagerly anticipating playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is among the greatest players on tough courthouses, as well as I've been actually expecting this moment." Vekic was actually coming off her finest cause a Grand Slam, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed recognized she skipped a possibility to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took long pauses in aggravation after missing out on a go, periodically tugging at her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to succeed the 2nd set and also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some blistering returns prior to using a perfect drop shot to provide herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic created two straight unforced errors, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that damaged again at love for a 5-2 lead facing the sparse group that had actually stayed past 2 a.m.The previous most current coating for a girls's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.