.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, advancing to the United States Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday early morning in the latest end of a females's suit in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty minutes, a far harder and also longer test than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She had not been very as leading on the United States Open's tough courtrooms, where Vekic thinks much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to beat on hard courts, having actually reached her very first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely happy with on my own considering that it is actually not easy modifying areas from clay-based to hard, specifically since I got back to China, so I don't possess the exact same technique like all the other players," Zheng claimed. "Thus, generally, I'm just making an effort to hold myself, find a way to obtain the complement, even when I am actually certainly not experiencing at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally beat Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll prepare-- so long as she gets eight or even 9 hrs of rest after lastly getting back to the lodging." I truly such as to bet her, and also I am actually eagerly anticipating betting her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best players on hard courts, as well as I've been hoping for this minute." Vekic was actually going over her absolute best result in a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed knew she overlooked a possibility to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took lengthy pauses in disappointment after skipping a go, periodically moving her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to succeed the 2nd collection and also even the suit, steering Zheng back along with some scorching profits prior to making use of a perfect drop shot to give herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic made pair of straight spontaneous mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng then damaged once again at passion for a 5-2 top facing the sporadic crowd that had lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous most up-to-date coating for a girls's paired was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.