.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, developing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday morning in the latest finish of a females's suit in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty minutes, a significantly more durable and longer exam than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first singles gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She wasn't very as dominant on the United States Open's hard courthouses, where Vekic believes a lot more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty difficult to trump on tough courts, having hit her very first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I think truly proud of on my own due to the fact that it is actually difficult altering areas coming from clay to hard, specifically since I went back to China, so I do not possess the exact same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng mentioned. "Thus, generally, I am actually just making an effort to hold myself, discover a method to acquire the complement, regardless of whether I am actually certainly not believing at my absolute best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly participate in again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally defeated Zheng in 2015 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her method to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- provided that she gets 8 or nine hrs of sleep after lastly getting back to the hotels and resort." I truly like to bet her, and I am actually anticipating betting her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the greatest gamers on difficult courtrooms, and I have actually been expecting this minute." Vekic was actually coming off her greatest lead to a Grand Slam, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she missed out on a chance to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took lengthy pauses in aggravation after skipping a shot, periodically moving her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to win the 2nd set and also also the match, steering Zheng back along with some blistering returns prior to using a best reduce fired to provide herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic made two straight unforced mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that damaged again at passion for a 5-2 top in front of the sparse crowd that had actually stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous newest finish for a girls's paired was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.