.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic ultimate, improving to the US Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the most up to date finish of a women's match in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a far harder and also longer exam than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first singles gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She wasn't quite as leading on the US Open's challenging courthouses, where Vekic experiences much more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty tough to beat on tough courthouses, having reached her first Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel really happy with on my own due to the fact that it is actually challenging altering surfaces coming from clay to hard, particularly because I went back to China, so I do not possess the exact same strategy like all the various other gamers," Zheng mentioned. "So, essentially, I'm simply attempting to hold on my own, discover a method to obtain the fit, even if I am actually certainly not experiencing at my greatest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will participate in once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally defeated Zheng in 2015 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her technique to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll prepare-- provided that she gets 8 or even nine hrs of sleep after eventually getting back to the accommodation." I truly as if to play against her, as well as I'm awaiting playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is just one of the best gamers on challenging courthouses, and I've been actually anticipating this minute." Vekic was actually going over her finest lead to a Grand Slam, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she missed out on a chance to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy stops in irritation after missing out on a try, from time to time moving her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer broke Zheng to win the second collection as well as also the suit, driving Zheng back with some blistering profits just before making use of a best decrease shot to offer herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic made pair of upright spontaneous mistakes, and also Zheng damaged her. Zheng after that damaged once again at affection for a 5-2 lead before the thin crowd that had stuck around previous 2 a.m.The previous latest surface for a girls's fit was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.