.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the latest end of a women's match in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hrs, 50 mins, a far more durable as well as longer exam than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st songs gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She wasn't very as leading on the United States Open's challenging courts, where Vekic believes a lot more relaxed than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to beat on difficult courts, having actually hit her first Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel truly proud of myself considering that it's not easy modifying surfaces coming from clay-based to hard, particularly considering that I got back to China, so I don't possess the exact same strategy like all the other gamers," Zheng said. "Therefore, primarily, I'm only attempting to hold on my own, discover a means to obtain the match, regardless of whether I am actually certainly not feeling at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to participate in once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally defeated Zheng in 2014 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her means to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- just as long as she gets 8 or nine hours of sleep after finally responding to the hotel." I definitely such as to bet her, as well as I'm eagerly anticipating betting her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the best gamers on difficult courthouses, and also I have actually been actually anticipating this instant." Vekic was coming off her finest lead to a Grand Slam, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed recognized she missed an odds to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took long stops in disappointment after skipping a go, occasionally tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to succeed the 2nd collection and also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some blistering profits prior to making use of an ideal decrease fired to provide herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic helped make pair of upright spontaneous inaccuracies, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng after that broke once more at passion for a 5-2 top before the sparse group that had actually lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous most current surface for a females's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.