.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng trumped 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 victory early Monday morning in the most recent finish of a women's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a much more durable and longer examination than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first single people gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She wasn't rather as dominant on the US Open's challenging courts, where Vekic experiences so much more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to defeat on tough courtrooms, having actually hit her first Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience really happy with on my own considering that it is actually not easy altering surfaces coming from clay to hard, particularly considering that I got back to China, so I don't have the same practice like all the other gamers," Zheng said. "Therefore, essentially, I am actually merely making an effort to keep on my own, discover a way to obtain the complement, even though I am actually certainly not believing at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally defeated Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her technique to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- provided that she acquires eight or even nine hours of sleeping after ultimately responding to the hotel." I actually as if to play against her, and I am actually awaiting betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the best gamers on hard courtrooms, and I've been anticipating this moment." Vekic was actually going over her absolute best lead to a Grand Slam, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on a possibility to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy stops briefly in irritation after skipping a go, sometimes tugging at her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to gain the second set and also the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching returns before making use of an ideal drop shot to provide herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic produced two straight spontaneous errors, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng then damaged once more at love for a 5-2 lead before the sporadic crowd that had stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous latest appearance for a ladies's fit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.