.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the US Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the latest end of a girls's suit in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a significantly harder and also longer test than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first songs gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She wasn't rather as prevalent on the US Open's challenging courthouses, where Vekic experiences far more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to defeat on hard courtrooms, having hit her very first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe truly pleased with myself due to the fact that it's not easy transforming areas coming from clay-based to hard, specifically considering that I returned to China, so I do not possess the exact same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng stated. "Therefore, primarily, I'm simply making an effort to hold myself, locate a way to obtain the complement, even when I'm certainly not believing at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise beat Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her method to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll be ready-- just as long as she receives 8 or nine hrs of rest after lastly returning to the lodging." I actually such as to play against her, and I am actually awaiting playing against her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the greatest players on difficult courts, as well as I've been actually expecting this instant." Vekic was actually going over her finest lead to a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she skipped a possibility to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long stops in stress after missing a shot, periodically tugging at her hair or even relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to gain the second set and also the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching gains before utilizing an excellent decrease shot to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic produced 2 upright unforced mistakes, and also Zheng damaged her. Zheng after that damaged once more at affection for a 5-2 top before the sparse group that had actually stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous newest finish for a females's match was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.