.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, developing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the latest end of a girls's suit in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty moments, a far tougher and also longer test than she got from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's 1st singles gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She wasn't fairly as dominant on the United States Open's hard courthouses, where Vekic believes so much more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to trump on hard courthouses, having actually hit her initial Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel truly proud of on my own due to the fact that it is actually difficult transforming surfaces coming from clay-based to hard, specifically because I returned to China, so I don't possess the exact same method like all the other gamers," Zheng claimed. "Thus, generally, I am actually only trying to store myself, locate a way to acquire the suit, even though I am actually certainly not believing at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also trumped Zheng in 2013 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- as long as she gets 8 or 9 hours of sleeping after lastly returning to the accommodation." I actually as if to bet her, as well as I'm expecting betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I understand she is among the greatest players on challenging courts, and also I've been wishing for this moment." Vekic was going over her greatest cause a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on an odds to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took long stops in stress after missing a chance, sometimes moving her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to gain the 2nd set and even the suit, steering Zheng back along with some scorching profits just before utilizing an excellent decrease shot to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic made 2 straight spontaneous mistakes, and also Zheng cracked her. Zheng then broke once again at passion for a 5-2 lead before the thin group that had actually stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most current appearance for a girls's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.