.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the most recent end of a females's match in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty moments, a significantly more durable and also longer exam than she got from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st songs gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She had not been quite as prevalent on the US Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic feels so much more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to trump on difficult courts, having actually hit her first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe really happy with myself given that it's not easy changing surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially considering that I returned to China, so I don't have the same strategy like all the various other players," Zheng mentioned. "So, essentially, I'm simply making an effort to store on my own, locate a means to get the fit, even if I'm not experiencing at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also trumped Zheng in 2015 in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- so long as she gets eight or 9 hours of rest after ultimately getting back to the hotel." I really as if to play against her, and I am actually looking forward to betting her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is just one of the greatest gamers on difficult courts, and I've been wishing for this second." Vekic was actually going over her absolute best cause a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed recognized she overlooked an odds to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took long stops in irritation after missing out on a chance, sometimes moving her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to gain the second collection and also even the suit, steering Zheng back along with some blistering returns before using a perfect decline fired to offer herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic produced 2 upright spontaneous errors, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng then cracked once more at passion for a 5-2 top before the sparse group that had actually stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous newest coating for a girls's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.