.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the US Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the most recent finish of a women's match in event 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 significantly tougher and longer exam than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She had not been fairly as prevalent on the US Open's difficult courtrooms, where Vekic thinks a lot more relaxed than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to beat on tough courthouses, having actually hit her very first Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I think actually happy with myself due to the fact that it's difficult transforming surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially considering that I went back to China, so I don't possess the very same practice like all the various other players," Zheng pointed out. "Therefore, basically, I'm just attempting to store on my own, locate a technique to obtain the fit, even though I am actually not experiencing at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly participate in once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise defeated Zheng last year in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her means to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll prepare-- so long as she gets 8 or nine hrs of sleeping after eventually returning to the lodging." I actually such as to play against her, and also I am actually eagerly anticipating betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest players on hard courtrooms, as well as I have actually been anticipating this instant." Vekic was going over her greatest cause a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on a possibility to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took lengthy stops briefly in stress after overlooking a chance, occasionally tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to win the 2nd set as well as even the match, steering Zheng back along with some scorching returns prior to using an excellent drop fired to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic produced pair of upright spontaneous mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that broke once more at passion for a 5-2 lead in front of the sporadic group that had actually stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most up-to-date surface for a ladies's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.