.NYC-- 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 triumph early Monday morning in the most up to date end of a ladies's match in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hrs, 50 mins, a much harder and longer exam than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's first single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't fairly as dominant on the US Open's tough courthouses, where Vekic experiences a lot more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to defeat on challenging courtrooms, having hit her initial Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I think actually pleased with on my own due to the fact that it's hard altering areas from clay-based to hard, especially since I got back to China, so I don't possess the exact same method like all the various other players," Zheng said. "Thus, basically, I am actually merely making an effort to store on my own, locate a method to acquire the complement, regardless of whether I'm certainly not experiencing at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play once again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally beat Zheng in 2015 in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her way to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- as long as she gets 8 or nine hrs of sleeping after lastly returning to the accommodation." I truly like to play against her, as well as I'm expecting betting her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I understand she is just one of the greatest players on tough courts, and I have actually been actually anticipating this second." Vekic was actually going over her ideal result in a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she missed an odds to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy stops in stress after missing out on a chance, occasionally moving her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to gain the second set and also even the suit, steering Zheng back with some blistering yields just before making use of an ideal reduce shot to provide herself an established point.But after an ace to open the 3rd set, Vekic helped make 2 upright unforced errors, and Zheng broke her. Zheng after that damaged once again at love for a 5-2 top facing the sparse group that had actually remained past 2 a.m.The previous most current surface for a women's suit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.