.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the latest end of a females's suit in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hours, 50 moments, a significantly harder and also longer examination than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She wasn't very as prevalent on the US Open's hard courthouses, where Vekic feels much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to beat on challenging courtrooms, having hit her 1st Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe really happy with on my own because it is actually hard modifying surface areas from clay-based to hard, particularly given that I went back to China, so I don't have the very same method like all the other gamers," Zheng claimed. "So, basically, I am actually only attempting to store myself, discover a means to get the match, even if I am actually certainly not thinking at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise trumped Zheng in 2014 in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her technique to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll be ready-- provided that she acquires 8 or 9 hours of rest after lastly returning to the resort." I really as if to bet her, and I'm awaiting betting her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the greatest players on difficult courtrooms, and also I've been actually hoping for this minute." Vekic was coming off her greatest lead to a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed understood she missed an opportunity to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took lengthy stops briefly in disappointment after missing out on a try, occasionally moving her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to succeed the 2nd set as well as also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some blistering profits before making use of an excellent drop fired to offer herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic helped make two upright spontaneous inaccuracies, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point broke once again at love for a 5-2 lead facing the thin group that had actually stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous most current surface for a women's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.