.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 victory early Monday early morning in the most recent finish of a women's suit in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a much harder and also longer examination than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial single people gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She had not been fairly as leading on the United States Open's hard courtrooms, where Vekic believes so much more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty difficult to beat on tough courthouses, having reached her initial Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience really pleased with on my own given that it is actually not easy altering areas from clay to hard, specifically because I got back to China, so I do not possess the exact same method like all the other gamers," Zheng stated. "Thus, basically, I'm only making an effort to store on my own, find a method to obtain the match, even if I'm certainly not believing at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to participate in once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally defeated Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- so long as she acquires 8 or 9 hours of sleeping after eventually returning to the hotel." I really like to bet her, and I'm eagerly anticipating playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I know she's one of the greatest gamers on challenging courthouses, and I've been actually expecting this second." Vekic was actually going over her finest lead to a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed knew she overlooked an odds to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long stops in aggravation after skipping a go, sometimes tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to succeed the second collection and also the match, driving Zheng back along with some blistering returns prior to using an ideal reduce fired to offer herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic helped make 2 straight spontaneous mistakes, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng at that point broke once again at love for a 5-2 top before the thin group that had remained past 2 a.m.The previous latest finish for a ladies's paired was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.