.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the US Open 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 actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hours, 50 moments, a much tougher as well as longer test than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She had not been very as prevalent on the US Open's challenging courthouses, where Vekic believes far more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty challenging to beat on tough courthouses, having actually hit her very first Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel actually pleased with myself considering that it's hard altering surface areas from clay to hard, specifically given that I went back to China, so I don't have the very same method like all the various other players," Zheng said. "Thus, generally, I'm only trying to store on my own, discover a technique to acquire the fit, regardless of whether I am actually not believing at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally defeated Zheng in 2014 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- provided that she obtains eight or 9 hours of sleeping after lastly responding to the hotels and resort." I actually such as to play against her, as well as I am actually awaiting betting her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest players on challenging courthouses, as well as I've been actually hoping for this instant." Vekic was going over her finest lead to a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed knew she overlooked an odds to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took lengthy stops in aggravation after skipping a chance, sometimes moving her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to win the second set and even the match, steering Zheng back with some blistering profits before utilizing an ideal decline fired to provide herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic produced 2 straight spontaneous inaccuracies, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng then cracked once more at passion for a 5-2 lead facing the thin crowd that had actually lingered past 2 a.m.The previous most current appearance for a women's paired was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.