.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, developing to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the latest finish of a females's suit in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 moments, a much more durable and longer examination than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st singles gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She had not been rather as prevalent on the US Open's tough courtrooms, where Vekic experiences much more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to trump on hard courthouses, having actually hit her 1st Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel actually proud of myself because it's challenging changing surfaces from clay to hard, especially given that I returned to China, so I don't possess the same method like all the various other players," Zheng claimed. "So, basically, I'm only attempting to hold myself, locate a way to get the fit, even when I am actually not thinking at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally beat Zheng last year in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll be ready-- provided that she obtains 8 or even nine hrs of sleep after lastly responding to the lodging." I really as if to bet her, as well as I'm awaiting playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I know she is among the best players on difficult courtrooms, and I have actually been actually wishing for this second." Vekic was actually coming off her absolute best lead to a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she missed out on an opportunity to go also deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took lengthy pauses in stress after overlooking a try, sometimes tugging at her hair or even relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to succeed the 2nd collection and even the suit, driving Zheng back with some blistering yields just before making use of a perfect decrease shot to offer herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic helped make 2 straight unforced inaccuracies, and also Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point broke once again at love for a 5-2 lead before the sporadic group that had lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous latest surface for a ladies's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.