.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, developing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday morning in the most recent end of a ladies's suit in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a much more durable and longer test than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She wasn't quite as prevalent on the US Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic believes a lot more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to trump on difficult courtrooms, having reached her first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe really proud of on my own because it is actually challenging altering surfaces from clay-based to hard, especially since I returned to China, so I do not possess the exact same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng pointed out. "So, generally, I am actually just attempting to keep myself, discover a method to get the suit, even though I am actually not experiencing at my greatest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise trumped Zheng in 2015 in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll be ready-- provided that she receives 8 or nine hrs of rest after lastly getting back to the hotel." I actually such as to play against her, as well as I'm eagerly anticipating playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I understand she is just one of the greatest gamers on difficult courthouses, and I have actually been actually expecting this instant." Vekic was actually coming off her greatest cause a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed recognized she skipped an odds to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took lengthy stops in frustration after missing a shot, from time to time tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to win the second set and also even the match, steering Zheng back with some blistering gains prior to using an excellent reduce fired to provide herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic produced two upright spontaneous inaccuracies, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng then broke again at affection for a 5-2 lead before the sparse group that had actually stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most current finish for a females's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.