.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng defeated Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, improving to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday morning in the most up to date finish of a girls's match in tournament history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes, a significantly harder as well as longer test than she got from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial singles gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She wasn't rather as leading on the US Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic experiences much more relaxed than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to trump on difficult courts, having reached her first Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe definitely pleased with on my own because it is actually challenging changing surface areas from clay-based to hard, particularly due to the fact that I got back to China, so I don't possess the same practice like all the various other players," Zheng pointed out. "Therefore, essentially, I am actually simply trying to store on my own, locate a method to acquire the fit, even when I am actually certainly not thinking at my best." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to participate in once more versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise defeated Zheng in 2013 in the quarters at Flushing Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng said she'll prepare-- so long as she receives eight or nine hrs of sleep after eventually returning to the accommodation." I definitely as if to play against her, and I am actually expecting betting her," Zheng pointed out of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the best players on difficult courts, as well as I have actually been expecting this second." Vekic was going over her best result in a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. However the No. 24 seed knew she missed out on an odds to go even much deeper at Blush Meadows.She regularly took lengthy stops briefly in frustration after missing out on a shot, from time to time tugging at her hair or resting 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 blistering gains prior to using an ideal decrease fired to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open up the 3rd collection, Vekic helped make 2 straight unforced inaccuracies, and also Zheng cracked her. Zheng then broke once again at love for a 5-2 top facing the sporadic crowd that had lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous newest surface for a females's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.