.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the United States Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the most recent finish of a females's match in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a far tougher as well as longer examination than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She wasn't quite as dominant on the US Open's hard courts, where Vekic thinks far more comfy than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to trump on challenging courts, having hit her very first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel actually pleased with myself considering that it is actually not easy transforming surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially due to the fact that I returned to China, so I don't have the very same method like all the other players," Zheng claimed. "Therefore, generally, I am actually just attempting to store on my own, locate a means to obtain the suit, even when I'm certainly not feeling at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally beat Zheng in 2013 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her means to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll prepare-- provided that she acquires 8 or even 9 hrs of sleep after eventually returning to the hotels and resort." I truly such as to play against her, and also I'm awaiting playing against her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I understand she is among the greatest gamers on challenging courts, as well as I have actually been anticipating this moment." Vekic was going over her absolute best cause a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed understood she missed a chance to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took lengthy pauses in aggravation after missing out on a shot, sometimes tugging at her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to gain the second set and also also the suit, steering Zheng back with some blistering profits before using a best decrease shot to give herself a set point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic helped make pair of upright spontaneous inaccuracies, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng then cracked once again at love for a 5-2 top before the sporadic crowd that had stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous newest finish for a females's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.