The march to the Wimbledon semi-finals of 35-year-old German mother-of two Tatjana Maria was one of the stories of the tennis summer.
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Among her victims was the fifth seed Maria Sakkari.
In New York on Monday the Marias came face-to-face again, opening the women's singles at the US Open.
This time Sakkari, now up to No.3 in the world and third seed, justified her superior billing, surviving a second-set wobble to win 6-4 3-6 6-0.
Sakkari, who made the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows in 2021, will next meet Diane Parry or Xiy Wang.
Another surprise headliner at Wimbledon was Harmony Tan, who knocked out Serena Williams on the multiple champion's final visit to SW19.
Tan went on to reach the fourth round in London but she will not be making news in New York.
The Frenchwoman, who was given a wildcard entry, has been beaten in the opening round by 2019 US Open champ Bianca Andreescu 6-0 3-6 6-1.
The Canadian will now face Brazil's 15th-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia who thrashed Croatia's Ana Konjuh 6-0 6-0.
Reaching the second round was 17th-seed Caroline Garcia who beat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 6-4 and now meets a second lucky loser in Anna Kalinskaya who upset Rebecca Peterson 6-4 6-3.
American Alison Riske, seeded 29th, beat compatriot Eleana Yu 6-2 6-4 and now meets Colombia's Camila Osorio, who dropped only four games after losing the first set to Ann Li 6-1.
Elsewhere Veronika Kudermetova defeated Donna Vekic 7-5 6-3.
Australian Associated Press
