“For the first time in a while, my nerves really got the better of me, and it kind of became a little bit paralyzing,” Keys said after the match. “I felt like I was just slow. I wasn’t seeing things the way that I wanted to, which I feel like resulted in a lot of bad decisions and lazy footwork.”

Madison Keys admitted nerves "paralyzed" her in New York as she suffered an unexpected US Open first-round defeat to unseeded Renata Zarazua.

For Alex Eala, the 20-year-old Filipina tennis prodigy, the latest page turned on the grand stage of Flushing Meadows -- where she became the first player from the Philippines to ever win a singles match in a Grand Slam main draw.

Alexandra Eala produced a jaw-dropping late comeback to carve out a piece of tennis history at the US Open on Sunday, becoming the first player from the Philippines to win a Grand Slam singles match with a first round upset of Danish 14th seed Clara Tauson.

Alexanda Eala etched her name in the history, as she became the first Filipino to win a Grand Slam main-draw singles match at US Open.