.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, advancing to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday morning in the most recent finish of a females's match in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a far tougher and also longer exam than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first singles gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She had not been very as leading on the US Open's tough courtrooms, where Vekic thinks much more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to trump on challenging courthouses, having actually reached her very first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I think definitely pleased with myself considering that it is actually hard altering surface areas coming from clay to hard, especially due to the fact that I went back to China, so I do not possess the exact same technique like all the various other gamers," Zheng pointed out. "Thus, basically, I'm simply trying to keep on my own, discover a technique to obtain the complement, even if I'm certainly not experiencing at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally trumped Zheng in 2013 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- provided that she gets 8 or 9 hours of rest after finally responding to the accommodation." I definitely such as to play against her, as well as I am actually expecting betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I know she is among the best players on tough courts, as well as I've been expecting this second." Vekic was actually coming off her ideal result in a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on an odds to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took long stops briefly in aggravation after missing out on a shot, periodically tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to win the second collection as well as even the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching gains just before making use of an ideal drop fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic helped make two straight unforced inaccuracies, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that broke again at passion for a 5-2 lead before the sporadic group that had remained past 2 a.m.The previous newest coating for a girls's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.