.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, developing to the US Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday early morning in the current finish of a women's suit in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty minutes, a much more durable 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 victory that time. She had not been fairly as dominant on the US Open's difficult courtrooms, where Vekic feels a lot more relaxed than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to trump on tough courtrooms, having actually hit her initial Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe really pleased with on my own because it's challenging modifying surface areas coming from clay to hard, especially because I got back to China, so I don't have the same technique like all the other players," Zheng claimed. "Thus, primarily, I am actually merely attempting to store on my own, locate a way to obtain the complement, even though I'm not feeling at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally trumped Zheng in 2013 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her way to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- just as long as she acquires 8 or even nine hrs of sleep after lastly getting back to the lodging." I definitely such as to bet her, and I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I know she's one of the greatest players on challenging courts, and also I have actually been actually wishing for this second." Vekic was going over her ideal lead to a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she missed out on an opportunity to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy pauses in frustration after skipping a chance, from time to time moving her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer broke Zheng to gain the second set as well as even the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching profits before utilizing an ideal decline fired to give herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic produced two straight spontaneous mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng then cracked once more at passion for a 5-2 top before the sparse group that had actually lingered past 2 a.m.The previous latest coating for a women's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.