.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the latest end of a girls's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hrs, 50 moments, a much tougher and longer exam than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first single people gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She had not been pretty as dominant on the United States Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic believes far more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to defeat on challenging courts, having actually hit her very first Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe really happy with myself due to the fact that it is actually hard changing areas from clay to hard, particularly given that I got back to China, so I do not possess the very same technique like all the various other gamers," Zheng said. "Thus, generally, I am actually only making an effort to hold on my own, discover a technique to obtain the match, even if I am actually certainly not experiencing at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally defeated Zheng in 2014 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her method to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- just as long as she acquires eight or even nine hours of sleeping after finally returning to the hotel." I truly as if to play against her, and also I'm awaiting betting her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the best gamers on tough courtrooms, and also I have actually been anticipating this second." Vekic was actually coming off her greatest result in a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed understood she skipped a chance to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took long stops briefly in irritation after missing a chance, sometimes moving her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to succeed the 2nd set as well as even the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching profits prior to using an ideal decrease fired to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic made 2 upright spontaneous inaccuracies, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng after that damaged once again at passion for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse group that had lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent coating for a females's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.