.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, advancing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the most recent end of a ladies's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, 50 mins, a much more durable and longer examination than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first songs gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She wasn't fairly as dominant on the United States Open's tough courts, where Vekic feels much more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to defeat on tough courts, having reached her first Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe really pleased with myself given that it's difficult changing surface areas coming from clay to hard, especially considering that I got back to China, so I don't possess the same practice like all the various other gamers," Zheng said. "So, generally, I'm just trying to keep on my own, locate a technique to get the match, even though I'm not feeling at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally beat Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her technique to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- so long as she obtains eight or even nine hours of sleeping after lastly responding to the resort." I really such as to play against her, and also I am actually looking forward to playing against her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I know she is among the greatest players on challenging courts, as well as I have actually been actually expecting this second." Vekic was actually going over her best cause a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on an opportunity to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took lengthy stops briefly in frustration after skipping a shot, periodically tugging at her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to win the second collection and also even the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching gains just before using a best drop fired to offer herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic made 2 upright unforced errors, and also Zheng damaged her. Zheng after that broke once again at passion for a 5-2 top in front of the thin group that had actually lingered past 2 a.m.The previous most up-to-date surface for a women's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.