.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the latest end of a girls's match in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, 50 minutes, a much tougher as well as longer exam than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She had not been very as prevalent on the United States Open's hard courtrooms, where Vekic thinks far more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to trump on tough courthouses, having actually hit her initial Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I think definitely proud of myself due to the fact that it is actually hard modifying areas coming from clay-based to hard, particularly given that I went back to China, so I don't have the exact same technique like all the various other gamers," Zheng stated. "Thus, essentially, I'm just attempting to keep myself, discover a technique to acquire the suit, even though I'm not experiencing at my ideal." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly participate in again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally beat Zheng in 2015 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her way to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- so long as she acquires eight or nine hrs of rest after ultimately responding to the lodging." I really as if to bet her, and I am actually anticipating betting her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I understand she is just one of the greatest gamers on difficult courtrooms, and also I've been actually expecting this second." Vekic was actually going over her best lead to a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she skipped a chance to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took long pauses in irritation after skipping a try, sometimes tugging at her hair or even relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer broke Zheng to gain the 2nd collection and also the suit, steering Zheng back along with some scorching profits prior to making use of an excellent drop shot to provide herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open the 3rd set, Vekic produced two upright unforced inaccuracies, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point broke once more at affection for a 5-2 top before the sporadic crowd that had stayed past 2 a.m.The previous latest surface for a ladies's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.