.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, advancing to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday morning in the latest finish of a ladies's match in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty minutes, a significantly harder and longer exam than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's 1st songs gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't rather as leading on the United States Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic experiences so much more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty challenging to trump on hard courthouses, having hit her very first Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely happy with myself given that it's hard changing surfaces coming from clay to hard, especially due to the fact that I got back to China, so I do not have the exact same method like all the other players," Zheng said. "Therefore, primarily, I'm simply trying to hold myself, discover a means to obtain the fit, even when I'm not feeling at my absolute best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally beat Zheng in 2014 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her way to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- so long as she receives 8 or even 9 hrs of sleeping after lastly responding to the hotel." I truly such as to play against her, as well as I'm awaiting betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the best gamers on difficult courts, and also I have actually been actually wishing for this instant." Vekic was actually coming off her ideal lead to a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she missed a chance to go also deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took long stops in irritation after missing out on a try, occasionally moving her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to gain the second set and also also the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching yields prior to utilizing a best decline fired to give herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic produced pair of straight unforced errors, and Zheng broke her. Zheng after that damaged once more at love for a 5-2 lead before the sporadic group that had actually stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous latest appearance for a women's match was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.