.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, developing to the United States Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the latest finish of a ladies's match in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, 50 moments, a much harder and also longer examination than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first singles gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She had not been fairly as dominant on the US Open's challenging courts, where Vekic believes far more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to trump on hard courthouses, having actually hit her very first Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I think actually proud of on my own because it is actually difficult altering surfaces from clay to hard, particularly due to the fact that I returned to China, so I do not possess the same method like all the various other players," Zheng said. "Thus, primarily, I'm simply trying to keep myself, find a technique to receive the suit, even if I'm certainly not experiencing at my absolute best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally trumped Zheng in 2013 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- so long as she acquires 8 or nine hrs of sleep after lastly responding to the hotels and resort." I actually like to play against her, and also I'm awaiting playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is just one of the best players on challenging courthouses, as well as I have actually been actually 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 understood she missed out on an odds to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took lengthy stops in stress after missing out on a try, sometimes moving her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to win the second set as well as even the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching gains just before utilizing a perfect decline fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic produced pair of upright spontaneous mistakes, and Zheng broke her. Zheng after that cracked once more at affection for a 5-2 top before the thin group that had actually stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most current finish for a females's suit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.