.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng defeated 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 victory early Monday morning in the most up to date finish of a women's match in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the match that lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes, a far more durable and longer test than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first songs gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph that time. She had not been fairly as prevalent on the US Open's challenging courtrooms, where Vekic feels much more comfy than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty hard to trump on hard courthouses, having actually hit her 1st Grand Slam ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe really proud of on my own given that it's challenging changing surface areas from clay to hard, especially because I went back to China, so I don't have the very same method like all the other players," Zheng pointed out. "Therefore, generally, I am actually simply attempting to keep myself, find a technique to receive the suit, even when I am actually certainly not believing at my ideal." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also defeated Zheng last year in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll be ready-- provided that she acquires 8 or nine hrs of sleep after finally returning to the hotel." I actually such as to play against her, and also I'm looking forward to betting her," Zheng mentioned of Sabalenka. "I know she is among the greatest players on challenging courthouses, as well as I've been actually anticipating this instant." Vekic was going over her finest result in a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she missed out on a possibility to go even much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She frequently took lengthy stops in frustration after overlooking a chance, periodically tugging at her hair or resting her head in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to win the second collection as well as also the suit, driving Zheng back along with some scorching returns before making use of a best decline shot to offer herself an established point.But after an ace to open the 3rd collection, Vekic helped make 2 upright unforced inaccuracies, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng at that point damaged once again at affection for a 5-2 top before the sporadic group that had stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous latest surface for a women's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.