.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, advancing to the United States Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the most up to date finish of a females's suit in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the suit that lasted 2 hrs, 50 mins, a much harder and longer examination than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first single people gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She wasn't fairly as dominant on the United States Open's difficult courts, where Vekic believes a lot more comfortable than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to defeat on difficult courthouses, having reached her 1st Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience actually pleased with on my own given that it is actually hard changing surface areas from clay to hard, especially due to the fact that I returned to China, so I do not possess the same strategy like all the other players," Zheng pointed out. "Therefore, primarily, I'm only attempting to hold myself, locate a way to receive the fit, even though I'm not experiencing at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will play once more against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who also defeated Zheng in 2013 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her technique to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- provided that she acquires 8 or even nine hours of sleeping after finally returning to the resort." I really like to bet her, as well as I am actually awaiting playing against her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I know she is among the greatest gamers on hard courtrooms, and also I've been actually anticipating this second." Vekic was going over her best lead to a Conquest, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she missed an odds to go even deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long stops in stress after missing a try, from time to time tugging at her hair or resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer cracked Zheng to win the second set as well as also the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching returns just before using a best decline fired to provide herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic created two upright unforced inaccuracies, and Zheng cracked her. Zheng after that cracked once again at passion for a 5-2 top facing the thin group that had stayed past 2 a.m.The previous most up-to-date coating for a ladies's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.