.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the United States Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday early morning in the most up to date end of a women's match in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the suit that lasted 2 hrs, 50 minutes, a much harder as well as longer test than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial single people gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She had not been rather as leading on the US Open's challenging courtrooms, where Vekic feels far more relaxed than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty hard to defeat on hard courts, having actually hit her very first Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I think really proud of on my own due to the fact that it is actually hard altering surface areas coming from clay to hard, especially since I got back to China, so I don't have the exact same technique like all the other gamers," Zheng stated. "Thus, primarily, I'm just attempting to hold on my own, locate a technique to receive the complement, even though I'm not believing at my finest." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to participate in again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that likewise defeated Zheng last year in the quarters at Blush Meadows on her means to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- as long as she obtains eight or 9 hours of sleep after ultimately getting back to the hotel." I truly such as to bet her, and I am actually expecting playing against her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I understand she is just one of the greatest players on difficult courts, and also I've been anticipating this moment." Vekic was actually going over her ideal lead to a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she overlooked an odds to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took lengthy pauses in frustration after skipping a shot, sometimes tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to gain the 2nd collection and even the suit, driving Zheng back with some scorching returns prior to utilizing a perfect reduce fired to provide herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic made two straight spontaneous mistakes, as well as Zheng cracked her. Zheng then cracked again at affection for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse crowd that had actually stayed past 2 a.m.The previous newest coating for a ladies's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.