.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the United States Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the current end of a females's match in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hours, 50 moments, a significantly harder and longer test than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial single people gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She had not been rather as prevalent on the United States Open's difficult courtrooms, where Vekic believes so much more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to defeat on challenging courthouses, having reached her first Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I think definitely happy with on my own since it is actually not easy modifying surfaces coming from clay to hard, particularly considering that I returned to China, so I do not possess the same practice like all the other players," Zheng mentioned. "Therefore, generally, I am actually only making an effort to hold myself, find a method to acquire the fit, even though I am actually certainly not feeling at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely play once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally defeated Zheng last year in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- so long as she receives 8 or even nine hrs of sleeping after lastly returning to the lodging." I truly as if to bet her, and also I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the greatest gamers on difficult courtrooms, as well as I have actually been actually expecting this instant." Vekic was actually coming off her absolute best result in a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed understood she skipped an odds to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy pauses in irritation after skipping a try, from time to time moving her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to succeed the second collection and also even the suit, driving Zheng back with some scorching returns before making use of an excellent drop fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic helped make pair of straight unforced mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that broke again at affection for a 5-2 lead before the sparse crowd that had actually stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous newest finish for a women's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.