.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, developing to the United States Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the current finish of a women's suit in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hrs, 50 moments, a far tougher as well as longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial singles gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She wasn't pretty as leading on the US Open's challenging courts, where Vekic feels far more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty challenging to trump on tough courtrooms, having actually reached her 1st Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe actually pleased with on my own since it is actually hard transforming areas coming from clay to hard, specifically because I went back to China, so I don't possess the very same practice like all the various other gamers," Zheng pointed out. "Thus, basically, I am actually simply making an effort to store myself, locate a method to receive the match, regardless of whether I am actually not feeling at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally trumped Zheng in 2013 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- provided that she gets 8 or even nine hours of sleep after finally responding to the resort." I actually like to bet her, and also I am actually anticipating betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the greatest players on difficult courthouses, and also I've been expecting this moment." Vekic was coming off her best result in a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she missed out on an opportunity to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took long stops in aggravation after skipping a go, occasionally tugging at her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to succeed the 2nd collection as well as also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some blistering profits before making use of a best drop fired to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic made 2 upright spontaneous mistakes, and Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point cracked once more at affection for a 5-2 lead in front of the thin group that had actually stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous newest appearance for a ladies's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.