.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday early morning in the most recent finish of a women's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 moments, a much more durable and longer examination than she got from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's very first single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She wasn't rather as dominant on the US Open's hard courtrooms, where Vekic experiences so much more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to beat on challenging courts, having actually hit her very first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel truly happy with on my own because it is actually hard transforming areas from clay-based to hard, particularly because I went back to China, so I don't possess the very same technique like all the other players," Zheng mentioned. "Thus, basically, I am actually merely making an effort to hold myself, discover a means to obtain the complement, regardless of whether I'm certainly not experiencing at my ideal." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally beat Zheng in 2013 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll be ready-- just as long as she gets 8 or nine hrs of sleeping after finally returning to the resort." I definitely just like to bet her, and I'm eagerly anticipating playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I know she's one of the best players on tough courthouses, as well as I've been expecting this second." Vekic was actually coming off her absolute best lead to a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she missed a possibility to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took lengthy stops briefly in irritation after skipping a go, sometimes tugging at her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to win the second collection and also the match, driving Zheng back with some scorching yields just before using an excellent drop fired to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic helped make 2 straight spontaneous mistakes, and Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point broke once again at passion for a 5-2 top facing the thin crowd that had actually stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most current finish for a females's paired was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.