.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, developing to the United States Open up 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 tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hrs, fifty moments, a significantly harder and also longer test than she obtained from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first singles gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that time. She wasn't fairly as leading on the US Open's tough courtrooms, where Vekic experiences so much more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to defeat on difficult courthouses, having reached her first Conquest final this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe actually proud of myself given that it's difficult modifying surfaces coming from clay-based to hard, specifically due to the fact that I got back to China, so I don't possess the same technique like all the various other gamers," Zheng claimed. "Therefore, basically, I'm only trying to store myself, find a technique to obtain the match, even when I am actually not experiencing at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who also defeated Zheng in 2013 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- so long as she obtains eight or even nine hrs of sleep after ultimately responding to the hotel." I actually like to bet her, as well as I'm expecting betting her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the greatest players on difficult courtrooms, and also I have actually been wishing for this moment." Vekic was coming off her absolute best cause a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she overlooked a possibility to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She frequently took lengthy pauses in stress after missing a go, periodically moving her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to win the 2nd set and also even the suit, driving Zheng back with some blistering gains prior to using an ideal reduce fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd set, Vekic made pair of upright unforced inaccuracies, and Zheng broke her. Zheng at that point broke once more at passion for a 5-2 top in front of the thin group that had stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent appearance for a ladies's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.