.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, developing to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the current finish of a women'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 hrs, 50 minutes, a much tougher and longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's very first single people gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She wasn't fairly as dominant on the United States Open's hard courts, where Vekic experiences much more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty challenging to beat on challenging courtrooms, having actually hit her 1st Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel definitely happy with on my own due to the fact that it is actually difficult transforming surfaces from clay to hard, especially given that I returned to China, so I do not have the exact same technique like all the other players," Zheng pointed out. "Therefore, essentially, I'm merely attempting to keep on my own, find a means to receive the complement, even when I'm certainly not thinking at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally trumped Zheng in 2015 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- provided that she gets eight or nine hrs of sleeping after ultimately responding to the resort." I really like to play against her, as well as I'm eagerly anticipating playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I understand she is among the greatest gamers on hard courtrooms, and also I've been anticipating this minute." Vekic was going over her ideal lead to a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed understood she missed a chance to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took long stops in stress after skipping a shot, occasionally tugging at her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to gain the 2nd set and also even the match, steering Zheng back along with some blistering returns before utilizing a perfect decrease fired to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic created two straight unforced inaccuracies, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that cracked once again at love for a 5-2 top facing the thin crowd that had lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous newest coating for a girls's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.