.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, improving to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the most up to date end of a females's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes, a significantly harder and also longer exam than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's first songs gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She wasn't quite as dominant on the US Open's hard courtrooms, where Vekic thinks so much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to defeat on difficult courts, having reached her first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience actually happy with on my own given that it is actually challenging modifying areas coming from clay to hard, particularly given that I returned to China, so I do not have the exact same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng said. "So, generally, I'm merely making an effort to store myself, locate a technique to receive the fit, even though I'm not feeling at my finest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise trumped Zheng in 2015 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her way to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- as long as she obtains eight or 9 hrs of sleeping after eventually returning to the hotel." I definitely as if to bet her, as well as I am actually looking forward to playing against her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best gamers on tough courts, and also I have actually been actually anticipating this moment." Vekic was actually going over her best result in a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she skipped a chance to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took long stops briefly in stress after overlooking a go, sometimes tugging at her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer broke Zheng to win the second collection and also the suit, steering Zheng back with some blistering returns prior to using a best drop fired to give herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic created 2 straight spontaneous mistakes, and also Zheng broke her. Zheng then cracked again at affection for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse group that had stayed past 2 a.m.The previous latest finish for a females's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.