.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, advancing to the US Open quarterfinals 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 rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hours, fifty minutes, a far tougher and longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She had not been pretty as prevalent on the US Open's hard courts, where Vekic thinks so much more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty challenging to defeat on difficult courtrooms, having actually reached her 1st Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience actually happy with on my own considering that it's challenging modifying surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially because I got back to China, so I don't possess the very same practice like all the various other players," Zheng said. "So, primarily, I'm simply attempting to hold myself, find a method to receive the suit, even when I am actually certainly not feeling at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally trumped Zheng in 2014 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll be ready-- provided that she gets 8 or nine hours of sleeping after eventually responding to the hotels and resort." I truly as if to bet her, as well as I'm awaiting betting her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best gamers on difficult courthouses, and also I have actually been wishing for this moment." Vekic was actually coming off her best result in a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed recognized she skipped a possibility to go even deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long pauses in frustration after missing a go, occasionally moving her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to gain the 2nd set and also also the suit, driving Zheng back with some scorching gains before utilizing a perfect drop fired to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic produced pair of upright spontaneous mistakes, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point broke once again at love for a 5-2 lead in front of the sporadic crowd that had stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous most current finish for a females's match was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.