.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, developing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the most recent finish of a ladies's match in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the suit that lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes, a much harder as well as longer exam than she got from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial singles gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't pretty as leading on the US Open's challenging courthouses, where Vekic experiences much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to defeat on challenging courts, having hit her first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I think truly happy with on my own since it is actually challenging modifying surfaces from clay-based to hard, specifically since I went back to China, so I do not have the exact same technique like all the other players," Zheng mentioned. "Therefore, generally, I am actually just trying to store myself, find a technique to get the complement, regardless of whether I am actually certainly not feeling at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng in 2015 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her way to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll be ready-- just as long as she obtains 8 or even nine hours of rest after eventually returning to the resort." I truly like to bet her, and I am actually eagerly anticipating playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I understand she is among the greatest gamers on difficult courtrooms, as well as I've been expecting this moment." Vekic was going over her greatest lead to a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she skipped a possibility to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took long stops briefly in disappointment after overlooking a go, sometimes tugging at her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to succeed the 2nd set and also also the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching gains prior to utilizing an excellent decrease shot to provide herself an established point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic helped make 2 upright spontaneous inaccuracies, and Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point cracked once again at passion for a 5-2 top before the sporadic crowd that had stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous newest appearance for a girls's fit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.