.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, developing to the US Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the most recent end of a females's suit in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a far harder and longer exam than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st single people gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She wasn't quite as leading on the United States Open's hard courts, where Vekic thinks far more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to defeat on tough courtrooms, having actually reached her first Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe truly happy with on my own given that it is actually challenging transforming areas from clay to hard, particularly given that I went back to China, so I do not possess the same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng stated. "Thus, generally, I am actually only attempting to hold myself, locate a technique to acquire the suit, regardless of whether I am actually not thinking at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally defeated Zheng in 2013 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- just as long as she receives 8 or even nine hours of rest after finally getting back to the hotel." I actually just like to play against her, and also I'm anticipating playing against her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best players on challenging courtrooms, and also I've been wishing for this moment." Vekic was actually coming off her ideal lead to a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed understood she overlooked an odds to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took long stops briefly in irritation after missing out on a chance, sometimes moving her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to gain the 2nd set as well as also the suit, steering Zheng back along with some blistering gains before making use of an ideal drop shot to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic made two upright spontaneous inaccuracies, and also Zheng damaged her. Zheng then cracked once more at love for a 5-2 lead before the sporadic group that had actually stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous most up-to-date coating for a women's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.