.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, improving to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the current end of a ladies's suit in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hrs, 50 moments, a much more durable and longer test than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She wasn't very as dominant on the US Open's hard courtrooms, where Vekic believes so much more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to beat on difficult courtrooms, having actually reached her initial Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I think actually pleased with myself since it's not easy modifying surface areas from clay to hard, specifically since I returned to China, so I don't possess the very same strategy like all the various other players," Zheng mentioned. "So, primarily, I'm just attempting to hold myself, discover a method to get the suit, regardless of whether I am actually certainly not experiencing at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise defeated Zheng in 2014 in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll be ready-- as long as she receives 8 or even 9 hours of sleep after eventually responding to the resort." I truly just like to bet her, and I am actually anticipating betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest players on tough courtrooms, and I've been hoping for this minute." Vekic was going over her finest result in a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed understood she missed out on an odds to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took lengthy pauses in disappointment after missing out on a shot, from time to time tugging at her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer broke Zheng to win the 2nd set as well as even the suit, steering Zheng back with some blistering returns just before utilizing a perfect decrease fired to provide herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic produced two upright unforced mistakes, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point cracked once again at passion for a 5-2 top facing the sparse group that had actually stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most current coating for a females's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.