MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 20: Nick Kyrgios of Australia serves in his second round match against Pabio Cuevas of Uruguay during day three of the 2016 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 20, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Nick Kyrgios has overcome a wardrobe malfunction and serving arm soreness to safely progress to the Australian Open third round in Melbourne.

The colourful youngster swept aside Uruguayan claycourt specialist Pablo Cuevas 6-4 7-5 7-6 (7-2) in one hour and 58 minutes on Wednesday night despite engaging in a running battle with his own entourage over a problematic pair of shorts.

The pockets were seemingly not deep enough to contain balls, leaving Kyrgios needing to fetch one from a ballboy between first and second serves. He fumed at his camp for taking a set and a half to find a replacement pair before finally taking a toilet break almost an hour into the contest to change pants.

Cuevas protested at chair umpire Carlos Ramos, but to no avail as Kyrgios returned a new player to dominate the rest of the match and set up a third-round clash with Czech sixth seed Tomas Berdych.

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