.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, developing to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the latest finish of a women'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 hrs, fifty moments, a significantly more durable as well as longer exam than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's 1st singles gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She wasn't very as dominant on the US Open's challenging courtrooms, where Vekic believes so much more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to beat on challenging courthouses, having hit her very first Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel definitely proud of on my own considering that it is actually hard modifying surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, particularly considering that I got back to China, so I do not have the exact same method like all the other gamers," Zheng mentioned. "So, basically, I am actually just attempting to keep on my own, discover a method to obtain the suit, even if I am actually certainly not experiencing at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who also defeated Zheng in 2014 in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll prepare-- so long as she gets 8 or even nine hours of sleep after eventually getting back to the hotel." I definitely as if to play against her, and also I'm expecting betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest players on tough courthouses, as well as I have actually been actually expecting this minute." Vekic was actually going over her greatest lead to a Grand Slam, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed recognized she skipped an odds to go also deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took long stops briefly in disappointment after skipping a chance, from time to time tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to succeed the second collection and even the match, driving Zheng back with some blistering yields before making use of an excellent decline shot to offer herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic made two straight unforced mistakes, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng then cracked once more at passion for a 5-2 lead before the sporadic group that had stayed past 2 a.m.The previous latest surface for a females's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.