.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the United States Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the latest finish of a females's suit in tournament history.It was 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 also longer test than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first singles gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She wasn't pretty as prevalent on the US Open's hard courts, where Vekic believes much more comfy than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to beat on tough courtrooms, having reached her initial Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience actually pleased with myself since it is actually not easy changing surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, specifically considering that I went back to China, so I don't have the very same method like all the other gamers," Zheng said. "Thus, basically, I'm simply attempting to store on my own, discover a means to get the fit, even though I'm not feeling at my greatest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng in 2015 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her way to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- as long as she obtains 8 or even nine hours of rest after lastly responding to the hotel." I really as if to play against her, as well as I'm awaiting betting her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I understand she is among the best gamers on challenging courts, and also I have actually been actually wishing for this moment." Vekic was going over her greatest result in a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed understood she missed out on an odds to go even deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took long pauses in stress after missing out on a chance, from time to time tugging at her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to win the second set as well as also the suit, steering Zheng back with some blistering returns before using a perfect drop shot to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic produced 2 straight spontaneous mistakes, and Zheng broke her. Zheng after that cracked once more at love for a 5-2 top before the thin group that had stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent appearance for a females's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.