Nick Kyrgios defeats Aljaž Bedene to reach second round

Updated 31/08/2016 at 06:29 GMT

Australian 14th seed Nick Kyrgios cruised past Britain's Aljaž Bedene 6-4 6-4 6-4 at Flushing Meadows with the showman at his brilliant best.

Nick Kyrgios of Australia returns a shot to Aljaz Bedene of the United Kingdom on day two of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

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Despite an early altercation with the chair umpire and a slight hip problem that necessitated some treatment in the first set, the so-called bad boy of Australian tennis swept through in less than two hours.

Kyrgios fired down 14 aces and hammered 43 winners in booking a second-round date on Thursday with Argentine Horacio Zeballos.

The 21-year-old from Canberra received a code violation in the first game of the match for aggressively hitting a ball but still stormed into a 4-0 lead before calling for the trainer to have the physio examine what appeared to be a hip injury.

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Aljaz Bedene of the United Kingdom returns a shot to Nick Kyrgios of Australia on day two of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

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He won the first set but then departed the court for a medical timeout.

Kyrgios seemed relatively unaffected by the ailment, though, and he returned to take the next two sets with ease to seal victory.