Federer, Djokovic through as storm rages over umpire's Kyrgios pep-talk

Roger Federer set-up a US Open third round clash against Nick Kyrgios who found himself at the centre of an impartiality row after an umpire climbed down from his chair to tell him: "I want to help you".

Second seed and five-time champion Federer, 37, made it 18 wins in 18 second round appearances in New York by seeing off error-plagued Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.

"I think it's always tricky against Benoit, never quite the same point. Sometimes he plays very deep in the court, then he plays up in the court," said Federer.

Also going through were Wimbledon champion and two-time US Open winner Novak Djokovic as well as Marin Cilic, the champion in New York in 2014.

Kyrgios, 23, reached the third round by seeing off France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 6-0.

However, the match created a huge storm after respected umpire Mohamed Lahyani lost patience with the under-performing 30th seed and climbed down from his chair to tell the Australian, trailing by a set and 3-0, to try harder.

"I want to help you," Lahyani could be heard saying. "This isn't you. I know that. You are great for tennis." A furious Herbert said that Lahyani had over-stepped the mark.

"The umpire doesn't have to talk to him at all. The only thing he can tell him is pay attention, because if you continue like this, I'm going to give you a warning," said the 27-year-old.

"They can tell him from the chair. He doesn't need to go down. He doesn't need to say the words he said on the video. That is not his job. I don't think he's a coach, he's an umpire."
"He just said that it's not a good look. I know what I was doing out there wasn't good."
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"He also informed Kyrgios that if his seeming lack of interest in the match continued, that as the chair umpire, he would need to take action."
"I'm not happy with the way I lost concentration and composure but I managed to kind of regroup in the fourth."