.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, advancing to the US Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the latest end of a ladies's match in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty mins, a much more durable as well as longer examination than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She had not been fairly as dominant on the US Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic feels a lot more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to trump on challenging courts, having hit her first Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe actually happy with on my own because it's not easy changing surfaces coming from clay to hard, particularly given that I returned to China, so I do not possess the exact same strategy like all the various other players," Zheng pointed out. "So, basically, I'm simply attempting to hold myself, find a technique to obtain the match, even when I am actually certainly not experiencing at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally beat Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll be ready-- as long as she receives eight or nine hours of sleep after finally getting back to the resort." I actually just like to play against her, and I'm awaiting playing against her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest players on hard courthouses, as well as I have actually been hoping for this second." Vekic was actually going over her ideal lead to a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed understood she overlooked a chance to go also deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long pauses in frustration after missing out on a go, periodically tugging at her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to win the 2nd set and also even the suit, steering Zheng back with some blistering gains just before utilizing an ideal drop fired to give herself a set point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic created 2 straight unforced errors, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng then cracked once again at affection for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse crowd that had actually stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent appearance for a girls's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.