.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, developing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the latest finish of a females's match in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty moments, a much harder and longer test than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial songs gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She had not been fairly as prevalent on the US Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic experiences far more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to trump on challenging courthouses, having actually reached her very first Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely happy with myself given that it's hard modifying surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, particularly considering that I went back to China, so I don't possess the same technique like all the other gamers," Zheng said. "Therefore, primarily, I'm merely trying to keep on my own, discover a technique to receive the complement, regardless of whether I am actually certainly not experiencing at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who also trumped Zheng in 2014 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her way to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- just as long as she gets eight or even 9 hours of sleep after lastly getting back to the hotels and resort." I really such as to bet her, and also I'm expecting playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the best players on hard courtrooms, and I have actually been wishing for this moment." Vekic was actually coming off her ideal cause a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she overlooked an opportunity to go even deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took long pauses in aggravation after overlooking a try, from time to time moving her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to win the 2nd set and also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching gains before utilizing a best decrease fired to provide herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic helped make 2 upright unforced mistakes, as well as Zheng broke her. Zheng after that broke once more at passion for a 5-2 lead facing the sparse group that had remained past 2 a.m.The previous most recent surface for a girls's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.