.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the US Open up quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the most up to date finish of a girls's suit in event history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng finished off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, 50 minutes, a much tougher and also longer examination than she received from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's first single people gold in ping pong with a 6-2, 6-3 success that day. She had not been very as prevalent on the US Open's hard courtrooms, where Vekic feels much more pleasant than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty challenging to beat on tough courthouses, having actually hit her 1st Grand Slam final this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I feel actually proud of myself since it's difficult transforming surfaces from clay to hard, particularly due to the fact that I returned to China, so I do not have the very same practice like all the various other gamers," Zheng said. "Therefore, basically, I am actually just trying to store on my own, find a means to acquire the match, even if I'm certainly not experiencing at my ideal." Editor's Picks2 RelatedShe will definitely play again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who also defeated Zheng last year in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her means to the last, on Tuesday.Zheng claimed she'll be ready-- just as long as she gets eight or nine hours of sleep after eventually getting back to the resort." I truly such as to play against her, and also I'm awaiting betting her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I understand she's one of the greatest gamers on hard courthouses, and also I have actually been actually wishing for this minute." Vekic was actually going over her ideal cause a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed knew she missed a chance to go also deeper at Flushing Meadows.She often took lengthy stops briefly in stress after skipping a try, from time to time tugging at her hair or even resting her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player cracked Zheng to succeed the 2nd set and also even the match, driving Zheng back with some blistering returns prior to using an excellent decrease shot to provide herself an established point.But after an ace to open up the third collection, Vekic produced pair of straight unforced inaccuracies, and also Zheng broke her. Zheng after that cracked once more at love for a 5-2 top before the sparse group that had actually stayed previous 2 a.m.The previous most recent surface for a females's paired was actually 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round suit.