.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday morning in the most recent end of a girls's suit in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 moments, a far harder as well as longer exam than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first singles gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She wasn't fairly as leading on the United States Open's challenging courts, where Vekic believes so much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to trump on difficult courtrooms, having actually reached her very first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely proud of myself considering that it is actually hard altering areas coming from clay-based to hard, specifically considering that I went back to China, so I do not have the very same practice like all the various other gamers," Zheng mentioned. "Thus, basically, I'm just trying to hold myself, discover a means to obtain the suit, even when I'm not thinking at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally beat Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- provided that she acquires eight or even 9 hrs of rest after finally getting back to the resort." I actually just like to bet her, and also I'm looking forward to betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the greatest players on challenging courts, and I have actually been actually anticipating this moment." Vekic was going over her absolute best result in a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she missed out on an opportunity to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took long stops briefly in stress after skipping a shot, periodically tugging at her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to succeed the 2nd set and even the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching gains prior to utilizing an ideal drop shot to give herself a set point.But after an ace to open the 3rd set, Vekic created pair of straight unforced errors, and Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point damaged again at love for a 5-2 lead in front of the sporadic crowd that had actually remained previous 2 a.m.The previous most up-to-date surface for a girls's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.