.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the current end of a girls's suit in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a much more durable and longer exam than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's 1st single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She had not been pretty as dominant on the US Open's challenging courthouses, where Vekic thinks a lot more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to trump on tough courts, having actually hit her initial Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel truly pleased with on my own given that it is actually challenging modifying surface areas from clay to hard, specifically given that I returned to China, so I don't have the exact same strategy like all the various other players," Zheng stated. "Therefore, essentially, I'm simply trying to store myself, locate a technique to get the suit, regardless of whether I am actually certainly not feeling at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to participate in once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise beat Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her technique to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- as long as she obtains 8 or 9 hours of sleep after lastly returning to the resort." I actually like to bet her, and I am actually expecting betting her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best gamers on difficult courthouses, and I've been actually hoping for this minute." Vekic was actually coming off her finest cause a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed recognized she missed a chance to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took lengthy stops briefly in irritation after missing out on a try, from time to time moving her hair or even relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to win the 2nd collection as well as even the match, steering Zheng back along with some blistering returns before using an ideal decrease shot to provide herself an established point.But after an ace to open the 3rd set, Vekic produced two straight unforced errors, and also Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point broke once more at affection for a 5-2 top before the thin crowd that had stayed past 2 a.m.The previous most recent finish for a females's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.