.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, advancing to the United States Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday morning in the latest finish of a ladies's match in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty minutes, a significantly harder and also longer test than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's 1st single people gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She had not been fairly as prevalent on the United States Open's hard courthouses, where Vekic feels much more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty difficult to trump on challenging courtrooms, having actually reached her very first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel truly proud of myself due to the fact that it is actually difficult transforming surfaces coming from clay-based to hard, particularly due to the fact that I went back to China, so I don't possess the same technique like all the other players," Zheng mentioned. "Therefore, basically, I'm simply trying to keep myself, find a method to acquire the suit, even though I'm not believing at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly participate in once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally beat Zheng in 2014 in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her way to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll prepare-- provided that she obtains 8 or 9 hrs of sleeping after finally getting back to the hotels and resort." I truly such as to bet her, and also I am actually expecting betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I understand she is just one of the best players on difficult courts, as well as I've been actually wishing for this instant." Vekic was going over her finest lead to a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she skipped an opportunity to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took long stops briefly in stress after skipping a shot, sometimes tugging at her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to succeed the 2nd set and also also the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching yields just before making use of an excellent drop shot to give herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic produced pair of upright unforced errors, and Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point broke once again at affection for a 5-2 lead before the sparse crowd that had actually lingered past 2 a.m.The previous most recent surface for a girls's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.