.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, developing to the United States Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the most up to date end of a women's suit in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, 50 minutes, a far tougher and also longer test than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first single people gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She had not been rather as prevalent on the US Open's difficult courtrooms, where Vekic believes far more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to trump on challenging courthouses, having hit her very first Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I think truly pleased with myself considering that it's not easy altering surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially considering that I got back to China, so I don't have the very same practice like all the various other players," Zheng said. "Thus, generally, I'm simply making an effort to store on my own, locate a way to acquire the match, even if I'm not believing at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who also beat Zheng in 2015 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her method to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- as long as she acquires 8 or nine hours of sleeping after ultimately responding to the resort." I truly such as to play against her, as well as I am actually looking forward to betting her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I understand she is just one of the best gamers on challenging courthouses, as well as I've been actually wishing for this instant." Vekic was coming off her best lead to a Grand Slam, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she skipped a chance to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took lengthy pauses in disappointment after skipping a shot, periodically tugging at her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to win the second collection and also the match, driving Zheng back with some scorching returns just before utilizing an ideal decrease fired to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic produced 2 upright unforced inaccuracies, as well as Zheng damaged her. Zheng after that damaged again at love for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse crowd that had actually stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous latest appearance for a ladies's match was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.