.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the current 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 match that lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes, a significantly tougher and longer exam than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st singles gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She had not been pretty as dominant on the United States Open's challenging courts, where Vekic experiences so much more comfy than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty difficult to defeat on hard courts, having actually reached her initial Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe really proud of myself because it's hard changing surfaces coming from clay to hard, particularly considering that I returned to China, so I don't possess the same strategy like all the various other players," Zheng said. "So, generally, I am actually just trying to hold myself, discover a method to receive the complement, regardless of whether I'm certainly not thinking at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise trumped Zheng in 2015 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll be ready-- as long as she receives 8 or nine hours of sleeping after ultimately returning to the lodging." I truly as if to play against her, and I'm looking forward to playing against her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is among the greatest gamers on tough courtrooms, and I've been actually wishing for this second." Vekic was actually going over her ideal result in a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed understood she missed an odds to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took lengthy stops briefly in irritation after skipping a chance, periodically tugging at her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to succeed the second collection and also the match, steering Zheng back along with some scorching yields just before utilizing an excellent decrease shot to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic made pair of upright spontaneous errors, and Zheng broke her. Zheng after that broke once more at affection for a 5-2 top before the sparse crowd that had actually stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent appearance for a ladies's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.