NEW YORK -- It took just five points of his opening match for Nick Kyrgios to lose his temper at the US Open.Youre giving me a code violation for hitting the ball too hard? he asked the chair umpire on the Old Grandstand, not once or twice but three times at the first change of ends.Kyrgios, a native of Canberra, Australia, had received a warning for smacking a ball away and almost hitting a line judge after an early call didnt go his way against Britains Aljaz Bedene.Look at the dimensions of the court, Kyrgios pleaded. You think I have much space??It was a day of antics at Flushing Meadows for Australias two biggest and most controversial male tennis stars.Bernard Tomic had earlier launched a foul-mouthed verbal volley at a heckler on the same court during his clash with Damir Dzumhur.I think he was just baiting me a bit, Tomic later said in a news conference. I dont want to get into it. I apologised for what I said to him. I think the crowd got happy he left because he was a bit annoying. But its OK.But while Tomic went on to lose his match, Kyrgios appeared to get fired up by his own outburst. He raced into a 4-0 lead before a nagging injury resurfaced and Bedene pegged him back to 5-4.He slammed his towel down in frustration after calling for the trainer, whom he told the problem was getting worse and worse and went off for treatment after wrapping up the first set with an ace.The injury didnt seem to hamper Kyrgios too much for the rest of the match, and he sealed a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win to reach the second round, but his temper resurfaced a few more times.He ran into a line judge late in the second set and launched another verbal volley in the umpires direction after losing the point and the game.Hes standing there, why does he not f---ing move? Kyrgios said. He knows Im running, he just stands there. Thats why you cant have guys [aged] 80-plus being umpires.A couple of overrules from the umpire in the third set also irked Kyrgios. What are you doing? he asked on both occasions.After wrapping up the win, he then said, You have one job to do, bro. Unbelievable.Kyrgios was rather more serene at his postmatch news conference, talking about Pokemon Go and haircuts.?And, unlike Tomic, he seemed to enjoy how close the fans were to the court, even the hecklers.I dont really zone it out, to be honest, he said. Some guy was like, Change your clothes, thats an awful outfit. I was trying to come up with a comeback. I didnt want to say anything. He was an old man. He got me this time.While Kyrgios is unlikely to change his volatile ways on the court, one thing seems clear: Based on his tennis alone, he is capable of going deep at this tournament.My head space last year wasnt the greatest. 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MOSCOW -- As far as Vladimir Putins anti-doping troubleshooter is concerned, Russias doping problems are nothing more than a glitch.Brought out of retirement by Putin to lead Russias future strategy on doping, 81-year-old Vitaly Smirnov is being called on to use his contacts from five decades in Olympic politics to lobby for Russian interests and play down the accusations of state-sponsored cheating.Even as Smirnov tries to build bridges with the IOC and World Anti-Doping Agency, and plans to address WADAs board on Sunday, Smirnov vehemently denies that the Russian government ran an industrial-scale doping program and cover-up, including at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.What has happened is a glitch. It doesnt have roots in any kind of practice which was happening over a long period of time, Smirnov, a former Soviet minister who spent 44 years as an International Olympic Committee member, told The Associated Press in an interview in his spacious office at the Russian Olympic Committee. There was no organized doping system on the state level. We believe that the participants in this were individuals, who were pursuing their own goals.Putins love of sports as a judo black belt and recreational hockey player means the Russian government couldnt have sponsored an East German-style doping scheme, Smirnov said.Ive known our president for 25 years. I got to know him when we were preparing the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg in 1994. I know him still. I know hes an athlete, Smirnov says he told Richard McLaren, the Canadian lawyer who produced the WADA report accusing Russian officials of complicity. And as an athlete and head of state, its incompatible.Among those named in McLarens report in July were Deputy Sports Minister Yuri Nagornykh and the ministrys anti-doping adviser, Nataliya Zhelanova, both of whom are facing investigations from the Russian authorities and have since left their jobs. Even if officials like Nagornykh and Zhelanova are found to have been complicit, they should be seen as bad apples rather than part of a government conspiracy, Smirnov argues.Certain officials ... it doesnt mean the whole system, the whole ministry was taking part, he said.The second part of McLarens report is due out next month and could further tarnish the legacy of the Sochi Games. Smirnov has been in contact with McLaren and WADA President Craig Reedie.However, Smirnov is scathing in his condemnation for Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory who turned star witness for WADA. Rodchenkov said he was involved in state-backed dopiing for years, providing doping substances to athletes and helping swap dirty samples for clean ones at the Sochi Games.ddddddddddddNow living in the United States, Rochenkov is facing an investigation by Russian authorities over the destruction of doping samples.Smirnov suggests Rodchenkov was motivated by money, not Russian state prestige.If you take the case of Rodchenkov, theres pure criminality. They were just, over the course of a fairly long period of time, falsifying results and getting money for that, Smirnov said, later adding: I am counting on objectivity in this whole case. The McLaren report is sadly built on the evidence of just one man. That man is facing a criminal case and an investigation is under way.Formally, Smirnovs role is as head of the Independent Public Anti-Doping Commission, a body set up at Putins suggestion and backed by the Russian Olympic Committee to lead the charge against what the Russian government perceives as unfair accusations. Putin didnt formally appoint Smirnov, but nominated him on state TV as a man with an absolutely unimpeachable reputation. He was swiftly approved.The commission, which last met in October, includes numerous sports officials but also doctors, a state TV executive and even a concert pianist, though none of the commissions members are anti-doping scientists.Our commission is absolutely independent. The commission contains people, many of whom have no connection to sport at all, but carry a lot of weight in society, Smirnov said, defending the participation of pianist Denis Matsuev. Hes not just there because he can play 47 piano concertos, but because he loves sport and was invited to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics because of his musical skill, Smirnov added, though the commission also works with two experts from Australia and Lithuania sent by WADA to Russia to help with reforms.Smirnov is eager to repair relations with the IOC and WADA after a year of fierce rhetoric on all sides, and refers to former WADA president Dick Pound, author of last years first report into Russian doping, as my old friend. In a recent conversation with Reedie, Smirnov offered to appoint a foreigner to Rodchenkovs old job as head of the Moscow lab to reactivate its colossal capacity of 20,000 tests a year.Smirnovs overall message is clear though -- Russia is not a country of drug cheats.In the spirit of our people there is nothing about trying to deceive, to find a dishonest shortcut, he said. 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