.NYC-- Qinwen Zheng beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the United States Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 success early Monday morning in the latest finish of a girls's match in competition history.It was 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng accomplished the suit that lasted 2 hours, 50 moments, a far more durable and longer test than she received from Vekic last month in Paris.Zheng gained China's very first single people gold in tennis with a 6-2, 6-3 victory that day. She had not been rather as prevalent on the United States Open's tough courts, where Vekic believes far more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is actually still plenty tough to trump on hard courtrooms, having hit her first Conquest last this year at the Australian Open, where she dropped to Aryna Sabalenka." I believe truly pleased with myself due to the fact that it is actually difficult changing surface areas coming from clay-based to hard, specifically due to the fact that I went back to China, so I don't possess the same strategy like all the various other players," Zheng pointed out. "Thus, generally, I'm only attempting to hold on my own, locate a means to get the match, even if I am actually certainly not experiencing at my absolute best." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe are going to play once again against Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed who additionally defeated Zheng last year in the one-fourths at Blush Meadows on her method to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll prepare-- just as long as she gets 8 or even nine hours of rest after eventually returning to the hotel." I really just like to play against her, as well as I'm anticipating playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I recognize she's one of the best players on tough courtrooms, as well as I've been expecting this moment." Vekic was coming off her ideal cause a Conquest, meeting the semifinals at Wimbledon. Yet the No. 24 seed recognized she missed an odds to go even deeper at Blush Meadows.She often took long stops in frustration after missing out on a go, sometimes tugging at her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian player broke Zheng to gain the second set and also also the suit, steering Zheng back with some scorching gains before making use of a perfect decrease shot to give herself a specified point.But after an ace to open the third collection, Vekic created 2 straight unforced errors, and also Zheng broke her. Zheng after that damaged once more at love for a 5-2 lead before the sporadic group that had stayed past 2 a.m.The previous most recent surface for a women's match was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari defeated Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round match.