.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the most recent finish of a ladies's match in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a significantly tougher as well as longer examination than she got from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first songs gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She wasn't fairly as leading on the United States Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic thinks far more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to defeat on hard courthouses, having hit her 1st Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe really pleased with myself because it's challenging transforming surfaces coming from clay to hard, especially due to the fact that I returned to China, so I do not possess the same technique like all the various other players," Zheng mentioned. "So, primarily, I am actually only attempting to store on my own, discover a means to receive the match, even if I'm not feeling at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will play once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise trumped Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- provided that she gets eight or 9 hrs of sleep after lastly getting back to the accommodation." I definitely like to play against her, and also I am actually looking forward to betting her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I know she is among the greatest players on hard courthouses, and I've been actually expecting this second." Vekic was coming off her absolute best result in a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed understood she skipped a chance to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took long stops briefly in frustration after overlooking a go, from time to time tugging at her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to succeed the 2nd set and also even the suit, steering Zheng back along with some scorching returns just before making use of an ideal drop fired to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the 3rd set, Vekic created two straight spontaneous inaccuracies, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng then cracked once again at love for a 5-2 top before the thin crowd that had actually stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous most current surface for a girls's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.