Roger Federer and Nick Kyrgios remain on course for US Open meeting

• Federer eases past Yoshihito Nishioka in opener
• Kyrgios complains of fatigue in win over Radu Albot

Roger Federer made light of energy-sapping conditions to brush past Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 in his opening match at the US Open while Nick Kyrgios huffed and puffed his way into the second round in New York.

Where other players had slogged through long rallies as the temperature hit 32C, Federer kept his time on court to a minimum with a masterclass of serve-and-volley tennis, pulling the industrious world No 177 from one side of the court to the other at will.

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