.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, advancing to the United States Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the current end of a females's suit in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a far harder and also longer test than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first singles gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She had not been pretty as dominant on the US Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic believes so much more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to defeat on challenging courthouses, having actually reached her initial Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe truly proud of on my own because it is actually difficult altering surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, specifically due to the fact that I got back to China, so I don't possess the very same method like all the various other gamers," Zheng claimed. "Therefore, basically, I am actually simply trying to store on my own, find a method to acquire the complement, even when I'm not feeling at my absolute best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also defeated Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her method to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll be ready-- provided that she receives 8 or nine hours of sleeping after ultimately returning to the resort." I definitely as if to bet her, and I'm awaiting playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the greatest gamers on hard courts, and I have actually been actually anticipating this moment." Vekic was actually coming off her ideal cause a Grand Slam, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she overlooked an odds to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took lengthy stops in stress after overlooking a shot, periodically moving her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to win the second set and also even the match, steering Zheng back with some scorching yields before utilizing an ideal drop shot to give herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic produced 2 straight spontaneous errors, as well as Zheng damaged her. Zheng at that point broke again at love for a 5-2 top before the sparse crowd that had actually stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most current appearance for a ladies's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.