.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, improving to the United States Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the most up to date finish of a ladies's suit in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a much harder and longer test than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial songs gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She wasn't fairly as leading on the United States Open's hard courtrooms, where Vekic thinks so much more comfy than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to defeat on hard courts, having hit her very first Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely happy with myself considering that it's challenging modifying surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, especially given that I returned to China, so I do not have the same technique like all the various other players," Zheng mentioned. "Therefore, basically, I'm only attempting to keep myself, find a technique to get the match, even if I'm not thinking at my ideal." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also trumped Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her method to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll be ready-- so long as she acquires 8 or even nine hours of sleeping after finally responding to the hotel." I truly such as to play against her, as well as I am actually expecting playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is among the greatest players on difficult courtrooms, as well as I have actually been actually hoping for this instant." Vekic was actually going over her ideal lead to a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed knew she overlooked an odds to go even deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took long pauses in stress after skipping a chance, sometimes tugging at her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to succeed the second collection and also also the match, steering Zheng back with some scorching returns prior to making use of an excellent drop shot to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the third set, Vekic made two upright unforced mistakes, and also Zheng broke her. Zheng after that broke once again at passion for a 5-2 top facing the sparse group that had actually lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous most up-to-date coating for a women's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.