.NYC-- 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 early morning in the most recent end of a females's suit in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty minutes, a much harder and longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first songs gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She wasn't very as dominant on the US Open's challenging courthouses, where Vekic experiences so much more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to defeat on tough courtrooms, having actually hit her initial Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely happy with on my own given that it's difficult transforming areas coming from clay to hard, especially given that I got back to China, so I do not have the exact same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng said. "Thus, basically, I am actually only attempting to store on my own, locate a method to receive the complement, even though I'm not thinking at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng in 2015 in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- just as long as she acquires 8 or even 9 hrs of rest after finally responding to the lodging." I truly like to play against her, and I'm eagerly anticipating playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is just one of the best players on difficult courtrooms, and also I have actually been hoping for this moment." Vekic was going over her finest cause a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she skipped a possibility to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took long stops briefly in aggravation after missing out on a try, periodically moving her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to gain the second collection as well as also the match, driving Zheng back along with some scorching gains just before using a perfect decrease fired to give herself a set point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic made 2 upright spontaneous errors, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng then broke once more at love for a 5-2 top in front of the sporadic group that had stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent appearance for a women's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.