.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the most recent finish of a girls's match in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty moments, a much tougher and longer test than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's very first songs gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She had not been fairly as prevalent on the US Open's tough courtrooms, where Vekic believes far more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to defeat on hard courthouses, having reached her first Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel definitely happy with on my own due to the fact that it's difficult transforming surface areas from clay to hard, specifically due to the fact that I went back to China, so I don't possess the very same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng pointed out. "Therefore, basically, I am actually only making an effort to keep on my own, locate a technique to acquire the complement, even when I'm not thinking at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally beat Zheng in 2013 in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her way to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll be ready-- just as long as she obtains eight or nine hrs of rest after lastly returning to the resort." I actually such as to bet her, and I'm looking forward to playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I know she's one of the best players on hard courthouses, and I have actually been anticipating this instant." Vekic was actually coming off her absolute best cause a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she overlooked an opportunity to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy stops in disappointment after missing a try, sometimes tugging at her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to gain the 2nd set and also even the match, driving Zheng back with some blistering yields prior to utilizing an excellent decrease fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic created 2 straight spontaneous mistakes, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng then broke once again at affection for a 5-2 top facing the sparse group that had actually remained previous 2 a.m.The previous latest appearance for a women's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.