.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, improving to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the latest finish of a ladies's suit in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a much more durable and also longer test than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's very first single people gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't quite as prevalent on the US Open's challenging courtrooms, where Vekic experiences far more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to beat on tough courtrooms, having hit her initial Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I think actually pleased with on my own since it is actually not easy changing surfaces coming from clay to hard, especially due to the fact that I got back to China, so I do not have the very same practice like all the various other gamers," Zheng claimed. "Therefore, essentially, I am actually simply attempting to hold myself, locate a means to obtain the fit, regardless of whether I'm certainly not feeling at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally beat Zheng in 2015 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- so long as she receives eight or even nine hours of sleep after ultimately returning to the accommodation." I definitely as if to play against her, and also I am actually awaiting playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the best players on difficult courthouses, as well as I've been wishing for this instant." Vekic was coming off her absolute best lead to a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she skipped an odds to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took long pauses in stress after missing a chance, occasionally tugging at her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to succeed the second set and also even the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching yields prior to making use of an ideal reduce shot to offer herself a set point.But after an ace to open the 3rd set, Vekic helped make 2 upright spontaneous mistakes, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng after that broke once more at passion for a 5-2 lead facing the thin crowd that had stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous newest finish for a women's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.