.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, advancing to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday morning in the current end of a girls's suit in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a far harder and longer test than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's 1st songs gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She had not been quite as prevalent on the US Open's difficult courts, where Vekic experiences far more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to defeat on hard courtrooms, having actually reached her very first Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience really pleased with on my own because it is actually not easy changing surface areas from clay to hard, particularly given that I got back to China, so I don't have the exact same strategy like all the other gamers," Zheng claimed. "Thus, primarily, I am actually only trying to keep on my own, locate a technique to get the fit, even if I am actually certainly not believing at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will play again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally defeated Zheng in 2015 in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her technique to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- as long as she obtains 8 or even 9 hrs of sleeping after eventually getting back to the hotel." I really such as to bet her, and also I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I know she is among the best gamers on difficult courts, as well as I have actually been hoping for this second." Vekic was going over her best cause a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed recognized she overlooked an opportunity to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took lengthy stops in aggravation after overlooking a chance, occasionally tugging at her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to win the 2nd set as well as also the match, steering Zheng back with some scorching returns just before using an excellent decline shot to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic created two straight unforced inaccuracies, and also Zheng damaged her. Zheng after that cracked once again at affection for a 5-2 top facing the thin group that had actually stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent finish for a girls's fit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.