Australia’s Nick Kyrgios overcame an early code violation and injury scare to win his first-round match at the US Open against Briton Aljaz Bedene on day two at Flushing Meadows.

It took all of five points for Kyrgios to receive his first code violation in his Open campaign.

After an early call didn’t go his way, Kyrgios smacked a ball away and almost hit a line judge, resulting in a violation for unsportsmanlike conduct.

It was deemed he unnecessarily hit the ball too hard and too close to the official.

Kyrgios repeatedly questioned the chair umpire as to why at the first change of ends.

“You’re giving me a code violation for hitting the ball too hard?” he said.

“Look at the dimensions of the court, you think I have much space?”

Kyrgios also brushed off shaking hands with the chair umpire at the match’s conclusion, telling him, “you had one job”.

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In the end, Kyrgios completed a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory in one hour 57 minutes on the Old Grandstand court.

Kyrgios started well early, and he won the first set in 37 minutes. But towards the end of that set he appeared to struggle with his mobility, and he could be heard on a changeover telling a trainer he had a hip problem which was getting worse.

On completion of the set he had a medical timeout, before coming back to resume the match.

The Australian seemed to get some of his mobility back as the match went on, attempting an athletic jump volley at 4-2 in the second set.

The 14th-seed Kyrgios had too much in reserve for the Briton, who is ranked 77th in the world.

Kyrgios will now face Horacio Zeballos in the next round after the Argentinian defeated Germany’s Florian Mayer in straight sets.

— with ABC