.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, developing to the United States Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday early morning in the most recent end of a women's match in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hours, fifty minutes, a much tougher and longer examination than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial songs gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She had not been fairly as dominant on the United States Open's challenging courthouses, where Vekic believes much more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to beat on challenging courthouses, having hit her very first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I think actually proud of myself because it is actually hard changing areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially given that I went back to China, so I don't have the same technique like all the various other gamers," Zheng mentioned. "Therefore, generally, I'm merely trying to store on my own, locate a means to get the match, even if I am actually not experiencing at my greatest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly participate in once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise trumped Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her way to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll be ready-- just as long as she receives 8 or 9 hrs of sleep after eventually responding to the hotels and resort." I really like to play against her, and I am actually expecting betting her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest gamers on hard courthouses, as well as I have actually been hoping for this instant." Vekic was coming off her greatest cause a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she skipped an opportunity to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took long pauses in disappointment after missing a shot, from time to time tugging at her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to gain the 2nd set and also also the match, steering Zheng back along with some blistering gains before making use of an ideal reduce fired to provide herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic created two upright unforced mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point damaged once again at passion for a 5-2 top before the thin crowd that had actually remained 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.