.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, developing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the current finish of a girls's match in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a much more durable and also longer exam than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She had not been very as dominant on the United States Open's challenging courts, where Vekic believes a lot more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to beat on difficult courtrooms, having actually hit her first Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel actually happy with myself given that it's hard modifying surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially because I returned to China, so I don't have the exact same practice like all the other players," Zheng stated. "So, basically, I am actually just attempting to hold myself, discover a technique to receive the suit, even when I am actually not believing at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise defeated Zheng in 2013 in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her technique to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- so long as she acquires 8 or even nine hrs of rest after finally returning to the accommodation." I really such as to bet her, and also I'm looking forward to playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is just one of the greatest players on difficult courthouses, as well as I've been actually hoping for this minute." Vekic was going over her best lead to a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she missed out on an opportunity to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took lengthy stops in irritation after skipping a try, sometimes tugging at her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to succeed the second collection and also also the suit, driving Zheng back with some blistering gains just before making use of an ideal decline shot to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic produced two straight spontaneous mistakes, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that cracked once again at love for a 5-2 top in front of the sparse group that had remained past 2 a.m.The previous most recent surface for a girls's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.