.THE BIG APPLE-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic last, advancing to the United States Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the most up to date end of a women's suit in competition history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the suit that lasted 2 hours, fifty mins, a far harder and longer test than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng gained China's initial singles gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She wasn't rather as dominant on the United States Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic experiences much more comfy than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty challenging to defeat on hard courtrooms, having actually hit her 1st Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely happy with myself due to the fact that it is actually difficult altering areas coming from clay to hard, specifically due to the fact that I returned to China, so I do not have the very same strategy like all the various other players," Zheng said. "Therefore, basically, I'm only attempting to hold myself, discover a way to receive the suit, even when I'm not feeling at my ideal." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally defeated Zheng in 2013 in the one-fourths at Flushing Meadows on her method to the final, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll prepare-- provided that she obtains eight or even 9 hours of sleeping after eventually returning to the hotels and resort." I actually as if to bet her, and also I am actually looking forward to playing against her," Zheng claimed of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is among the greatest gamers on tough courtrooms, and I've been anticipating this minute." Vekic was actually going over her absolute best result in a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed understood she missed out on a possibility to go even deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took lengthy stops in aggravation after skipping a chance, from time to time moving her hair or relaxing her head in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to gain the second collection and even the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching returns before using a best decline fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic helped make pair of straight unforced mistakes, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng at that point damaged again at affection for a 5-2 lead facing the sporadic crowd that had stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent surface for a women's fit was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.