US Open 2016: Nick Kyrgios rages with officials as he brushes past Brit Aljaz Bedene

Marching on: Nick Kyrgios had a number of grievances against the line judges as he booked a spot in the second round
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Standard Sport31 August 2016

Nick Kyrgios was again left raging at officials despite recording a comfortable straight-sets win over Britain's Aljaz Bedene at the US Open.

Kyrgios experienced few problems beating British number two Bedene 6-4 6-4 6-4, but the Australian had a number of grievances against the line judges and refused to shake umpire Ali Nili's hand at the end.

Bedene was unable to join his four compatriots Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans, Johanna Konta and Naomi Broady in round two. Kyrgios will now face Argentina's Horacio Zeballos.

The Old Grandstand court had only just witnessed Bernard Tomic making lewd remarks to a heckling spectator and Kyrgios began in controversial fashion too.

In the very first game he was handed a code violation by umpire Alli after he smacked a ball away in frustration and almost hit a line judge.

Nili suggested Kyrgios had over-reacted and the Australian responded, saying: "You're giving me a code violation for hitting the ball too hard? I've heard it all now."

The 21-year-old stormed into a 3-0 lead but when serving for the set at 5-4, called on a trainer to attend to a troublesome right hip.

"I had to stop practice today," Kyrgios told the physio. "It's getting worse."

The injury did not seem to hamper his performance, as he served out the set with an ace, but frustration was never far away.

At the start of the second set, he stumbled into a line judge while chasing a ball, before saying: "Why doesn't he move? He can see I'm running there."

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Bedene was struggling to keep pace with his opponent's superior power and penetration as two further breaks in sets two and three were enough for Kyrgios to seal victory.

In the final game, however, umpire Nili had intervened to call a net-chord on Kyrgios' serve, which infuriated the youngster, who then refused to shake the official's hand.

"You have one job, you just have one job," Kyrgios said as he departed the court.

Bedene, who was born in Slovenia but moved to Hertfordshire in 2008, had hoped to capitalise on his opponent's wavering concentration, but left disappointed.

This was his third first-round defeat in four major tournaments this year.

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