.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, advancing to the United States Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the latest end of a women's suit in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes, a much harder and also longer test than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She wasn't pretty as prevalent on the United States Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic experiences far more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to trump on hard courtrooms, having hit her initial Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I think truly happy with on my own given that it is actually challenging modifying surface areas from clay-based to hard, particularly because I went back to China, so I don't have the very same method like all the other players," Zheng claimed. "Therefore, primarily, I am actually simply making an effort to keep myself, locate a means to obtain the suit, regardless of whether I'm certainly not thinking at my absolute best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise trumped Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her means to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- so long as she receives eight or nine hours of sleep after eventually responding to the hotel." I definitely as if to bet her, as well as I'm anticipating betting her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best players on difficult courthouses, and I have actually been actually expecting this moment." Vekic was coming off her greatest cause a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she missed an odds to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long pauses in disappointment after skipping a go, occasionally moving her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to win the second set and also the match, steering Zheng back with some blistering gains just before utilizing a best decrease shot to give herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic produced two upright unforced mistakes, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng then broke once again at passion for a 5-2 top before the thin crowd that had actually remained previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent appearance for a women's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.