.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, developing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday morning in the current end 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 hrs, 50 minutes, a much harder as well as longer test than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first singles gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She had not been rather as dominant on the US Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic thinks much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to trump on hard courts, having reached her first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe definitely happy with myself because it's hard changing areas from clay to hard, particularly considering that I got back to China, so I do not possess the very same practice like all the various other gamers," Zheng pointed out. "Therefore, generally, I'm just attempting to hold myself, locate a technique to get the match, even though I'm certainly not feeling at my ideal." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally trumped Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her way to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- so long as she obtains 8 or 9 hours of sleep after lastly responding to the resort." I really just like to bet her, and also I am actually anticipating betting her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best players on hard courthouses, and I've been actually wishing for this minute." Vekic was coming off her finest cause a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she missed a chance to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took long stops briefly in stress after overlooking a try, occasionally tugging at her hair or even relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian player damaged Zheng to win the 2nd collection and also even the suit, driving Zheng back along with some blistering yields prior to making use of a best decrease fired to give herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic made pair of straight unforced inaccuracies, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng then damaged once again at love for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse group that had actually lingered past 2 a.m.The previous most current finish for a ladies's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.