Nick Kyrgios has given short shrift to players complaining of unfavourable treatment on the US Open's outside courts.
Including his Australian Davis Cup teammates Alex de Minaur and John Millman.
De Minaur and Millman have both raised concerns over the hasty introduction of a shot clock at the final grand slam of the year, as well as expressing their dissatisfaction at players on TV courts being afforded more time at changeovers.
De Minaur said he was lucky he got to play on a TV court for his first-round win over Taro Daniel, which offered him an extra 30 seconds to ready himself for battle.
"And it really does make a huge difference," the teenager said.
"Last week I played on an outside court with no TV and I would sit down - it was hot and humid conditions - so I would want to change a shirt, drink, get my gels, this, that and I was feeling like they had already called time and I'm rushing.
"And that's not a way you want to feel on a tennis court. You want to feel like everything is under control and you're playing on your own time.
"So I feel like every match you play should be those TV times, especially in these hot and humid conditions.
"They can't have different times for different courts. I don't think that's fair."
Kyrgios, though, can't see what all the fuss about.
"At the end of the day, sport's entertainment so it doesn't really matter about these outside courts," the tennis showman said after delivering a typically colourful display for fans on the impressively upgraded Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Kyrgios didn't always have the crowd on his side during his 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-2 first-round win over Moldovan Radu Albot - but he still enjoyed the experience of the airy new arena.
"I like it a lot. I thought it was a great court actually. I really liked it," he said ahead of his second-round clash with Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Thursday.
"The atmosphere feels good. I could hear every boo when they booed me.
"You get that a lot, so it's very good that they're making these courts echo the boos. I like it a lot. It's a lot of fun.
"The US Open crowds are always fun to play in front of. It kind of felt like an indoor court, almost. It was pretty loud in there."
Victory over Herbert would likely thrust Kyrgios into a third-round confrontation with 20-times major winner Roger Federer, who also faces a Frenchman on Thursday - Benoit Paire.
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