.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, advancing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the most recent finish of a women's match in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty moments, a far harder as well as longer test than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's very first single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't pretty as leading on the US Open's hard courts, where Vekic feels so much more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty challenging to defeat on challenging courthouses, having actually reached her initial Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience actually pleased with on my own considering that it's not easy altering surfaces coming from clay-based to hard, specifically considering that I returned to China, so I don't have the same practice like all the other gamers," Zheng mentioned. "Thus, essentially, I am actually only trying to keep on my own, find a method to receive the suit, regardless of whether I'm certainly not feeling at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally defeated Zheng in 2013 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her way to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- provided that she gets 8 or even 9 hrs of rest after finally getting back to the hotel." I definitely as if to bet her, as well as I am actually eagerly anticipating betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I understand she is among the best players on tough courts, as well as I've been actually wishing for this minute." Vekic was coming off her ideal lead to a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed recognized she overlooked an odds to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took long pauses in frustration after missing a try, from time to time moving her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer broke Zheng to succeed the second set as well as even the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching profits before making use of a best reduce shot to give herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic produced pair of straight spontaneous errors, and also Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that broke once more at love for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse crowd that had actually remained previous 2 a.m.The previous newest finish for a ladies's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.