.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the United States Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the latest end of a females's match in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hours, fifty mins, a significantly more durable and longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st songs gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She wasn't rather as dominant on the United States Open's tough courts, where Vekic feels far more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to defeat on challenging courts, having actually hit her initial Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely happy with myself due to the fact that it is actually hard modifying surface areas from clay-based to hard, particularly given that I got back to China, so I do not have the same technique like all the various other players," Zheng mentioned. "Therefore, primarily, I'm only attempting to keep myself, locate a means to get the match, even though I am actually not feeling at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally trumped Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her way to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- so long as she receives 8 or 9 hrs of sleep after eventually responding to the lodging." I definitely as if to play against her, and I am actually looking forward to playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I understand she is just one of the greatest players on hard courts, and I have actually been actually anticipating this instant." Vekic was actually going over her best result in a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed recognized she overlooked a chance to go even deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long pauses in stress after skipping a try, periodically moving her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to win the 2nd set as well as also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching gains prior to using a best decline shot to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the 3rd set, Vekic created 2 upright spontaneous inaccuracies, and also Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point damaged again at love for a 5-2 lead facing the sporadic group that had remained past 2 a.m.The previous latest finish for a girls's fit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.