.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, advancing to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the latest end 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 and longer exam than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial single people gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't quite as leading on the US Open's tough courts, where Vekic thinks far more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to defeat on tough courts, having hit her initial Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience truly proud of on my own due to the fact that it is actually difficult altering surfaces from clay to hard, especially since I got back to China, so I don't possess the exact same technique like all the other gamers," Zheng mentioned. "Therefore, basically, I am actually merely attempting to hold on my own, find a technique to acquire the complement, even when I am actually certainly not thinking at my absolute best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise defeated Zheng in 2015 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- as long as she gets 8 or even 9 hours of sleeping after ultimately getting back to the resort." I really like to play against her, as well as I'm looking forward to betting her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the greatest gamers on challenging courthouses, as well as I've been actually hoping for this minute." Vekic was actually going over her ideal cause a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed knew she skipped a chance to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long pauses in disappointment after skipping a try, from time to time moving her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to win the 2nd collection and even the match, steering Zheng back along with some blistering returns prior to making use of a best drop fired to offer herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic made pair of straight unforced inaccuracies, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point damaged once more at passion for a 5-2 lead in front of the thin group that had stuck around past 2 a.m.The previous most current finish for a women's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.