.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, developing to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the latest end of a ladies's suit in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a significantly tougher and longer test than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't pretty as leading on the United States Open's hard courtrooms, where Vekic believes a lot more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to trump on challenging courtrooms, having actually hit her initial Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I think truly proud of myself due to the fact that it is actually not easy changing areas coming from clay-based to hard, specifically due to the fact that I went back to China, so I don't possess the exact same technique like all the various other gamers," Zheng pointed out. "Thus, basically, I am actually simply making an effort to keep myself, locate a way to acquire the complement, regardless of whether I am actually certainly not feeling at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will play once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally defeated Zheng in 2015 in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her technique to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll prepare-- provided that she gets 8 or nine hours of rest after lastly getting back to the lodging." I definitely as if to bet her, and also I am actually expecting playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I know she's one of the greatest players on hard courtrooms, as well as I have actually been actually wishing for this second." Vekic was actually coming off her ideal result in a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed recognized she missed an opportunity to go also deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took lengthy stops in aggravation after overlooking a chance, sometimes moving her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to win the 2nd collection and also the suit, steering Zheng back with some blistering returns before making use of an excellent decline shot to offer herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic made pair of straight spontaneous errors, and also Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point damaged once again at love for a 5-2 top facing the thin crowd that had lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent surface for a women's paired was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.