.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, developing to the US Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 triumph early Monday early morning in the most up to date finish of a women's match in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes, a much more durable and longer test than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's very first single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She had not been rather as dominant on the US Open's challenging courts, where Vekic thinks a lot more pleasant than the clay at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty difficult to defeat on tough courtrooms, having actually hit her first Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe truly happy with on my own given that it's challenging changing areas coming from clay to hard, particularly due to the fact that I went back to China, so I do not possess the very same practice like all the other gamers," Zheng mentioned. "Therefore, essentially, I'm merely making an effort to store on my own, discover a method to receive the match, even if I am actually certainly not experiencing at my finest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely participate in again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng in 2014 in the fourths at Flushing Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng mentioned she'll prepare-- so long as she gets 8 or 9 hours of sleeping after ultimately responding to the hotels and resort." I actually just like to bet her, and also I am actually eagerly anticipating playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I know she is among the greatest players on challenging courtrooms, and I've been actually anticipating this moment." Vekic was going over her ideal lead to a Conquest, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she missed out on a possibility to go also much deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long stops in irritation after overlooking a shot, sometimes moving her hair or even resting her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to gain the 2nd collection as well as even the match, steering Zheng back with some blistering yields just before using a best decrease fired to provide herself a prepared point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic made 2 upright unforced mistakes, and also Zheng broke her. Zheng then cracked again at love for a 5-2 lead in front of the sparse crowd that had actually lingered previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent finish for a ladies's match was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round paired.