Nick Kyrgios beats Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach French Open second round

Nick Kyrgios kept his combustible nature in check to reach the French Open second round on Tuesday.

Australia's Nick Kyrgios returns the ball to Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium. | AP 

PARIS: Nick Kyrgios kept his combustible nature in check to reach the French Open second round on Tuesday.

The 18th seeded Australian downed German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3.

The 22-year-old fired an impressive 20 aces and 40 winners and goes on to face either Kevin Anderson of South Africa or Tunisia's Malek Jaziri for a place in the last 32.