.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, advancing to the United States Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the latest finish of a girls's match in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a significantly harder as well as longer examination than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial songs gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She had not been rather as leading on the US Open's tough courts, where Vekic believes much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to trump on tough courts, having reached her very first Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe actually happy with on my own because it is actually challenging transforming areas coming from clay to hard, especially considering that I went back to China, so I don't have the same method like all the other gamers," Zheng mentioned. "So, primarily, I'm merely making an effort to store on my own, find a technique to acquire the complement, even if I'm certainly not experiencing at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will play again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise beat Zheng in 2015 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- just as long as she receives eight or nine hrs of sleeping after finally returning to the accommodation." I truly as if to bet her, as well as I am actually awaiting playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest gamers on hard courtrooms, and also I have actually been anticipating this minute." Vekic was actually going over her finest cause a Conquest, achieving 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 stops briefly in stress after skipping a chance, sometimes moving her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to succeed the 2nd collection and even the match, steering Zheng back along with some scorching profits just before making use of an excellent reduce fired to provide herself a set point.But after an ace to open the 3rd set, Vekic made pair of upright spontaneous inaccuracies, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng then damaged once more at passion for a 5-2 top before the sparse crowd that had actually stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous newest coating for a girls's paired was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.