.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the latest finish of a girls's match in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the suit that lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes, a much harder as well as longer test than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first singles gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She had not been quite as dominant on the United States Open's challenging courts, where Vekic experiences so much more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to trump on hard courthouses, having actually reached her initial Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience truly happy with on my own since it is actually hard changing surfaces from clay-based to hard, particularly due to the fact that I returned to China, so I do not possess the very same technique like all the other players," Zheng stated. "Therefore, primarily, I'm simply making an effort to hold myself, locate a means to get the complement, even if I'm certainly not thinking at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will play once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally trumped Zheng in 2013 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- as long as she acquires 8 or even nine hours of sleep after lastly getting back to the lodging." I definitely like to bet her, and also I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest gamers on difficult courtrooms, and I have actually been actually expecting this minute." Vekic was actually going over her absolute best lead to a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed understood she skipped an odds to go also deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took lengthy pauses in disappointment after missing a try, sometimes tugging at her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to win the 2nd collection as well as even the suit, steering Zheng back along with some blistering gains just before utilizing a perfect decline fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic created 2 straight unforced mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that cracked once again at love for a 5-2 lead in front of the sporadic group that had stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most current coating for a women's fit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.