.NEW YORK CITY-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, developing to the US Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success 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 hours, fifty moments, a much tougher and longer test than she obtained from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial singles gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She wasn't pretty as dominant on the US Open's hard courthouses, where Vekic believes far more relaxed than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to defeat on challenging courts, having reached her first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely happy with on my own given that it's difficult transforming surfaces from clay to hard, specifically since I got back to China, so I don't possess the exact same strategy like all the other gamers," Zheng pointed out. "So, primarily, I'm simply making an effort to keep myself, discover a means to obtain the fit, even if I'm not believing at my ideal." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise trumped Zheng in 2014 in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- so long as she gets eight or 9 hrs of sleep after eventually returning to the accommodation." I really like to bet her, as well as I'm awaiting playing against her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I know she's one of the best gamers on difficult courthouses, as well as I've been expecting this second." Vekic was going over her finest cause a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she overlooked an odds to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long pauses in stress after missing out on a shot, occasionally moving her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to succeed the second collection as well as even the match, steering Zheng back along with some scorching profits prior to making use of a perfect reduce shot to offer herself a set point.But after an ace to open the third set, Vekic produced 2 upright unforced mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng then damaged once more at passion for a 5-2 top before the sparse crowd that had actually stayed past 2 a.m.The previous most recent appearance for a girls's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.