.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the latest finish of a girls's suit in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 moments, a much harder and longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first singles gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She wasn't very as leading on the US Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic feels far more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to defeat on challenging courthouses, having hit her initial Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel actually happy with myself given that it is actually hard modifying areas coming from clay to hard, specifically due to the fact that I got back to China, so I do not possess the same method like all the other gamers," Zheng said. "Thus, primarily, I'm just trying to keep myself, discover a technique to acquire the match, even when I am actually certainly not believing at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her means to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- so long as she acquires eight or even nine hrs of sleep after lastly getting back to the resort." I definitely as if to bet her, and also I am actually eagerly anticipating betting her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best gamers on tough courts, and I have actually been wishing for this instant." Vekic was coming off her finest result in a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she overlooked a chance to go also deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took long stops briefly in disappointment after overlooking a shot, from time to time tugging at her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to succeed the 2nd collection as well as also the suit, driving Zheng back with some blistering profits before using an ideal decrease fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic produced two upright unforced errors, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that damaged again at passion for a 5-2 lead facing the thin group that had actually stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous newest finish for a girls's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.