.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng trumped 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 early morning in the most recent finish of a ladies's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty mins, a much harder and also longer examination than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial singles gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She wasn't pretty as dominant on the US Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic thinks much more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to defeat on difficult courthouses, having actually reached her first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience really pleased with myself considering that it's difficult altering surfaces from clay-based to hard, specifically because I returned to China, so I do not have the very same technique like all the various other players," Zheng said. "Thus, primarily, I'm merely making an effort to store on my own, locate a technique to receive the complement, even if I am actually not experiencing at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who also beat Zheng in 2015 in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her means to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll be ready-- just as long as she obtains 8 or even nine hours of sleep after ultimately getting back to the hotel." I really just like to bet her, and I'm awaiting playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is just one of the best players on difficult courts, and I've been actually hoping for this second." Vekic was going over her ideal lead to a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she missed a chance to go even deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took long pauses in aggravation after overlooking a try, periodically moving her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to win the 2nd set and even the match, steering Zheng back along with some scorching yields prior to using a best decline fired to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic made two upright spontaneous mistakes, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng then damaged once more at love for a 5-2 lead in front of the sporadic group that had actually lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent finish for a women's fit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.