.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the United States Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday early morning in the most recent finish of a ladies's match in event history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hours, fifty moments, a much harder and longer exam than she got from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's 1st songs gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She wasn't quite as dominant on the US Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic believes far more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to trump on tough courthouses, having hit her 1st Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel really happy with myself considering that it's difficult changing surface areas coming from clay to hard, especially since I went back to China, so I don't have the exact same method like all the other gamers," Zheng said. "Thus, basically, I'm only trying to keep myself, discover a means to get the match, even though I'm certainly not experiencing at my ideal." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly participate in again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that additionally beat Zheng last year in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her way to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll be ready-- just as long as she gets eight or 9 hrs of sleep after lastly returning to the accommodation." I truly as if to play against her, and also I'm expecting betting her," Zheng stated of Sabalenka. "I understand she is just one of the best players on difficult courtrooms, as well as I have actually been expecting this minute." Vekic was actually going over her greatest cause a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she skipped an opportunity to go even deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took long stops briefly in frustration after missing a go, periodically tugging at her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer broke Zheng to win the second set and also the match, driving Zheng back along with some blistering gains before utilizing an ideal decline shot to provide herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic produced two upright spontaneous errors, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng at that point damaged once again at love for a 5-2 top before the sparse group that had remained past 2 a.m.The previous most current coating for a females's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.