.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the current finish of a females's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, 50 minutes, a far more durable and longer exam than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial singles gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She had not been quite as dominant on the United States Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic believes so much more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to beat on challenging courthouses, having hit her 1st Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel really pleased with myself since it is actually not easy transforming surface areas from clay-based to hard, especially given that I got back to China, so I do not have the exact same technique like all the various other players," Zheng pointed out. "Thus, primarily, I am actually just trying to keep myself, locate a technique to get the fit, even if I am actually certainly not experiencing at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to participate in once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally beat Zheng in 2015 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her way to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- as long as she gets 8 or even 9 hrs of sleeping after eventually responding to the hotels and resort." I truly like to bet her, and I am actually expecting betting her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is just one of the greatest gamers on difficult courtrooms, and I have actually been wishing for this instant." Vekic was going over her greatest lead to a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she skipped a possibility to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long stops briefly in frustration after skipping a shot, sometimes tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to succeed the second set and also the match, driving Zheng back along with some scorching yields before utilizing an excellent reduce fired to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic made two upright spontaneous errors, and also Zheng cracked her. Zheng then damaged once more at love for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse group that had actually remained past 2 a.m.The previous newest surface for a ladies's match was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.