.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, improving to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the most up to date finish of a girls's suit in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty moments, a significantly more durable and longer exam than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial songs gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She had not been fairly as dominant on the US Open's challenging courtrooms, where Vekic thinks far more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to beat on tough courts, having reached her 1st Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel actually happy with on my own since it is actually hard altering surface areas coming from clay to hard, specifically due to the fact that I got back to China, so I don't have the exact same technique like all the various other players," Zheng pointed out. "Thus, essentially, I'm merely attempting to hold myself, discover a technique to obtain the match, even if I'm not experiencing at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng in 2013 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her technique to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll prepare-- as long as she obtains eight or 9 hrs of sleeping after ultimately returning to the resort." I definitely such as to play against her, and also I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I understand she is just one of the greatest players on tough courthouses, as well as I've been wishing for this second." Vekic was coming off her finest cause a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she skipped an opportunity to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy stops in frustration after missing out on a shot, occasionally moving her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to gain the second set as well as also the match, steering Zheng back along with some scorching profits before using a perfect reduce fired to provide herself an established point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic created pair of upright spontaneous mistakes, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng then cracked again at affection for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse crowd that had actually stayed past 2 a.m.The previous most recent surface for a women's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.