.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, developing 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 ladies's suit in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hours, fifty mins, a far tougher as well as longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first singles gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't fairly as dominant on the US Open's difficult courtrooms, where Vekic feels much more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to defeat on hard courthouses, having actually hit her initial Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience truly happy with on my own due to the fact that it's difficult modifying surfaces from clay to hard, especially since I got back to China, so I do not have the exact same practice like all the other players," Zheng said. "Thus, basically, I am actually only trying to hold on my own, find a way to acquire the complement, even when I'm certainly not believing at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally beat Zheng in 2013 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll be ready-- so long as she receives 8 or even 9 hours of sleeping after eventually returning to the hotel." I truly as if to play against her, and I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the greatest gamers on hard courthouses, and also I have actually been anticipating this moment." Vekic was actually going over her absolute best cause a Grand Slam, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she skipped an opportunity to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took long stops briefly in irritation after missing out on a go, occasionally tugging at her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to gain the second collection and also the suit, steering Zheng back along with some blistering returns prior to utilizing an excellent reduce fired to offer herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic made 2 upright unforced errors, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng after that cracked once more at passion for a 5-2 top in front of the sporadic crowd that had actually remained past 2 a.m.The previous most recent surface for a women's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.