.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, developing to the United States Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the most recent end of a women's suit in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hours, fifty mins, a significantly more durable and longer exam than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's very first single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She wasn't pretty as leading on the United States Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic experiences far more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to defeat on hard courts, having actually hit her first Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I think actually pleased with on my own given that it is actually difficult transforming areas from clay-based to hard, especially considering that I went back to China, so I don't possess the exact same strategy like all the other gamers," Zheng claimed. "Therefore, primarily, I'm simply trying to hold myself, find a means to get the complement, even when I am actually not believing at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also defeated Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her method to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll be ready-- as long as she gets eight or even nine hours of sleep after ultimately getting back to the hotels and resort." I really as if to bet her, and I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is among the greatest players on tough courtrooms, as well as I have actually been expecting this minute." Vekic was coming off her greatest lead to a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed understood she skipped a chance to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy pauses in stress after missing a shot, occasionally tugging at her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to gain the second set and also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching returns before using an excellent decline fired to give herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic created 2 upright unforced errors, and Zheng broke her. Zheng then cracked again at love for a 5-2 lead facing the thin crowd that had actually lingered past 2 a.m.The previous newest finish for a females's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.