.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the latest end of a women's suit in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hours, fifty mins, a significantly more durable and longer test than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first singles gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She had not been rather as dominant on the United States Open's challenging courtrooms, where Vekic thinks far more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to beat on hard courtrooms, having reached her very first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience actually proud of on my own given that it's not easy changing areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially due to the fact that I returned to China, so I do not have the exact same strategy like all the other players," Zheng claimed. "So, generally, I'm simply making an effort to keep myself, discover a method to obtain the suit, regardless of whether I am actually certainly not thinking at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally trumped Zheng in 2013 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- as long as she receives 8 or 9 hrs of sleeping after eventually responding to the accommodation." I actually like to play against her, as well as I'm anticipating playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I know she is among the greatest gamers on hard courts, and also I have actually been expecting this moment." Vekic was actually coming off her best lead to a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she missed out on a possibility to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy pauses in irritation after missing out on a go, periodically moving her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to win the 2nd set and also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching returns before utilizing a perfect decline shot to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic created pair of upright unforced inaccuracies, and also Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that cracked again at passion for a 5-2 lead in front of the sporadic crowd that had actually remained previous 2 a.m.The previous newest coating for a girls's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.