.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng trumped 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 success early Monday early morning in the most up to date end of a females's suit in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, 50 minutes, a much harder and longer examination than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She had not been fairly as prevalent on the US Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic experiences so much more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to beat on challenging courts, having hit her very first Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe truly happy with on my own considering that it's challenging altering surface areas from clay-based to hard, particularly given that I got back to China, so I don't have the very same strategy like all the various other players," Zheng pointed out. "Therefore, essentially, I'm merely making an effort to keep on my own, discover a technique to obtain the match, even though I'm certainly not believing at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to participate in once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally trumped Zheng in 2013 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- so long as she acquires 8 or even 9 hours of sleeping after lastly returning to the lodging." I definitely such as to bet her, and I am actually anticipating betting her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best gamers on tough courtrooms, and I've been expecting this second." Vekic was going over her best cause a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she skipped a chance to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took lengthy pauses in irritation after overlooking a chance, from time to time tugging at her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to gain the 2nd set as well as also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching profits prior to using an excellent decline fired to offer herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic created 2 upright unforced errors, and Zheng broke her. Zheng then cracked once more at passion for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse crowd that had actually stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most up-to-date coating for a ladies's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.