Federer through to second-round meeting with Benoit Paire at Flushing Meadows

Roger Federer was compelled to clear up a joke about resigning subsequent to winning his US Open first-round match on Tuesday night.

Federer won 6-2 6-2 6-4 against 117th-positioned Yoshihito Nishioka at Arthur Ashe Stadium, extending his record to 18-0 in the primary match of US Opens.

I'm glad I never bumbled at the principal leap," Federer said amid his on-court meet. "Nearly time to resign yet not yet.

The 37-year-old was addressed about that remark post-coordinate and answered: "That was significance, similar to, I never lost a first-round match here at the Open. I won all my 18.

You don't need that (misfortune) to occur one year from now. I stated: 'Possibly I could resign now, since I ensure my 18 first-round wins here.

That is the thing that I implied with it. It's an aggregate joke, yes.

So kindly don't read into it. Try not to try and compose that word.

No 2 seed Federer has won five US Open titles however none since 2008.

"There's weight. In any case, no, never gets old," he included. "I cherish coming to play here. It's been such a large number of years now."

Federer goes up against France's Benoit Paire next. He could confront No 30 seed Nick Kyrgios in the third round and 13-time significant victor Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals.