.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, developing to the United States Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the most up to date finish of a females's suit in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 mins, a far tougher and longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st songs gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She wasn't rather as dominant on the United States Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic believes a lot more comfy than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty difficult to trump on tough courthouses, having hit her first Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely proud of myself since it is actually difficult transforming surfaces coming from clay-based to hard, specifically considering that I got back to China, so I don't have the exact same strategy like all the other players," Zheng mentioned. "Therefore, essentially, I am actually only trying to store myself, discover a method to receive the fit, regardless of whether I'm certainly not thinking at my greatest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her method to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- provided that she obtains 8 or even nine hours of sleeping after eventually responding to the hotel." I definitely as if to bet her, and I am actually awaiting playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I know she's one of the best gamers on challenging courthouses, as well as I've been expecting this instant." Vekic was coming off her greatest result in a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed understood she skipped an odds to go even deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took lengthy pauses in stress after overlooking a try, sometimes moving her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to gain the second collection and also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching gains before using an excellent reduce shot to give herself a set point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic produced two upright unforced errors, and also Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point cracked once more at passion for a 5-2 lead in front of the sporadic crowd that had actually remained past 2 a.m.The previous latest finish for a ladies's fit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.