.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, advancing to the United States Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday morning in the most recent finish of a ladies's match in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a much more durable and also longer exam than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first single people gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She had not been pretty as prevalent on the United States Open's hard courts, where Vekic believes far more relaxed than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty difficult to defeat on tough courthouses, having hit her initial Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I think actually pleased with on my own since it's difficult altering areas from clay to hard, especially because I went back to China, so I don't possess the exact same strategy like all the other gamers," Zheng said. "Thus, primarily, I'm just making an effort to hold myself, locate a way to get the complement, regardless of whether I'm certainly not feeling at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise trumped Zheng in 2013 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- provided that she obtains eight or 9 hours of sleep after finally getting back to the hotel." I really as if to bet her, as well as I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is among the greatest players on difficult courthouses, and I've been hoping for this instant." Vekic was actually coming off her ideal result in a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed recognized she missed a possibility to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy stops briefly in irritation after skipping a go, sometimes moving her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to gain the 2nd collection and even the suit, steering Zheng back with some blistering gains prior to using a best drop fired to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic produced pair of straight spontaneous errors, and Zheng broke her. Zheng after that damaged once more at love for a 5-2 lead in front of the sporadic crowd that had stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most up-to-date finish for a women's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.