.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, developing to the United States Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the most recent end of a ladies's suit in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 moments, a much more durable as well as longer test than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's very first songs gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She had not been pretty as leading on the United States Open's hard courthouses, where Vekic feels much more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty difficult to trump on challenging courthouses, having actually hit her very first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience actually proud of myself due to the fact that it is actually difficult changing surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, specifically considering that I got back to China, so I do not possess the exact same strategy like all the other gamers," Zheng mentioned. "So, primarily, I'm merely trying to keep myself, discover a method to receive the suit, even though I'm certainly not feeling at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly participate in once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise trumped Zheng in 2015 in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll be ready-- so long as she receives 8 or nine hrs of rest after eventually getting back to the accommodation." I truly like to bet her, and also I'm anticipating betting her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the greatest players on challenging courthouses, as well as I've been actually hoping for this minute." Vekic was actually coming off her greatest cause a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed recognized she missed out on a possibility to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took long stops in stress after skipping a go, from time to time tugging at her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to win the 2nd collection as well as even the match, driving Zheng back with some blistering yields prior to using a best decrease fired to give herself a set point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic helped make 2 straight spontaneous errors, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point broke once more at passion for a 5-2 lead facing the thin crowd that had lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous latest surface for a females's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.