.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, advancing to the United States Open up quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the most up to date end of a girls's match in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hours, fifty minutes, a significantly harder as well as longer test than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng won China's 1st singles gold in ping pong along with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that day. She had not been fairly as dominant on the US Open's challenging courtrooms, where Vekic experiences far more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to beat on tough courtrooms, having reached her 1st Grand Slam last this year at the Australian Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka." I think really pleased with myself due to the fact that it's not easy transforming surface areas from clay-based to hard, specifically since I returned to China, so I do not possess the very same technique like all the other gamers," Zheng said. "So, essentially, I am actually only making an effort to hold myself, discover a method to obtain the match, regardless of whether I'm certainly not feeling at my best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who likewise defeated Zheng in 2013 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her method to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll be ready-- provided that she obtains 8 or even nine hours of sleeping after lastly responding to the lodging." I actually just like to play against her, as well as I am actually awaiting playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I know she is just one of the greatest players on difficult courthouses, and I have actually been actually anticipating this instant." Vekic was actually going over her finest cause a Grand Slam, achieving the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed knew she skipped a possibility to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took long stops in aggravation after overlooking a go, from time to time moving her hair or even relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to succeed the 2nd set as well as even the match, steering Zheng back with some scorching gains before making use of a perfect decline shot to provide herself a set point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic created pair of upright spontaneous mistakes, as well as Zheng damaged her. Zheng at that point cracked once more at affection for a 5-2 lead facing the sparse crowd that had remained past 2 a.m.The previous most recent surface for a ladies's paired was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari trumped Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.