.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the most up to date end of a females's match in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty moments, a significantly tougher and also longer test than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st singles gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She had not been rather as prevalent on the United States Open's challenging courthouses, where Vekic feels a lot more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to trump on challenging courthouses, having actually hit her initial Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe actually proud of on my own considering that it's difficult changing surface areas from clay-based to hard, especially since I went back to China, so I don't possess the same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng said. "Thus, essentially, I'm simply attempting to keep myself, find a method to acquire the complement, even if I am actually certainly not thinking at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng last year in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her means to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- so long as she gets 8 or even nine hrs of sleep after finally returning to the hotel." I definitely just like to play against her, and also I am actually eagerly anticipating playing against her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best players on challenging courthouses, and also I have actually been anticipating this moment." Vekic was coming off her best cause a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she overlooked a chance to go also deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took lengthy stops in irritation after missing out on a shot, occasionally tugging at her hair or even relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to succeed the 2nd collection as well as also the match, steering Zheng back along with some blistering gains prior to making use of a perfect reduce fired to provide herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic helped make pair of upright spontaneous inaccuracies, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng at that point damaged once more at love for a 5-2 lead facing the sparse crowd that had lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous latest finish for a women's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.