Roger Federer hands Nick Kyrgios a lesson and makes US Open fourth round

• Swiss No 2 seed beats No 30 seed 6-4, 6-1, 7-5
• Federer: ‘I was struggling to find rhythm with my backhand’

Roger Federer did to Nick Kyrgios here on Saturday what his friends should have done a while ago: reminded the untamed prodigy he will never be as great as he thinks he is until he starts to listen to some of the advice that comes his way on an almost hourly basis. It can’t all be wrong.

The match that should have driven the first week of the US Open to a glorious intermission began like a brass band, fell briefly into improv chaos, then finished in an almost conventional rhythm. It took Federer an hour and 44 minutes – only 10 matches this week finished more quickly – to win 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 on a mild afternoon on Arthur Ashe Stadium, when patrons probably wanted a long and bloody confrontation between their hero and the self-styled villain of the sport.

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