China’s Zheng Qinwen got to the United States Open quarter-finals momentarily time with triumph over Donna Vekic in a document late coating for a females’s suit of 2:15 a.m. on Monday.
Seventh- seed Zheng won 7-6 (7/2), 4-6, 6-2 versus her 24th-ranked Croatian challenger that she likewise beat in the Paris Olympics last 4 weeks back.
The morning coating defeated the old document of 2:13 a.m. from 2021 when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a last-16 connection.
“I like to play in the night session. Here in New York it’s my first time,” stated Zheng before a couple of hundred viewers in the 24,000-capacity Arthur Ashe Stadium.
“It’s two in the morning, it’s incredible. Thanks to the fans who have stayed to support me.”
The effective 21-year-old Zheng is just the 2nd Chinese female to show up in 2 quarter-finals in New York after Li Na in 2009 and 2013.
Zheng will certainly next off encounter globe second Aryna Sabalenka, that beat her in the last-eight in 2023 in addition to in the last of the Australian Open in January.
Zheng bordered a limited initial established versus Vekic where she really did not encounter a solitary break factor prior to the seasoned Croatian levelled the last-16 clash.
However, Zheng ended up the more powerful and asserted her area in the following round.
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