Easy win for calmer Kyrgios

No tirades at the umpire. No insults directed at spectators. No rackets smashed to smithereens.

For Nick Kyrgios, the talented but combustible bad boy of tennis, it was a rather routine 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over Portugal's Gastao Elias in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday.

But given the way the Australian imploded at the end of last season, drawing intense criticism and a brief suspension, an ordinary match without fireworks might be a good thing.