Nick Kyrgios beaten by Tomas Berdych at Australian Open

Tomas Berdych extinguished the hopes of young Aussie showman Nick Kyrgios with a regimented four-sets win to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Friday.

Berdych, a two-time semi-finalist, was too cool and focused for the easily distracted 20-year-old, winning 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-4 in a rowdy night match on Rod Laver Arena.

The Czech sixth seed advanced to the last 16 for the sixth consecutive Grand Slam where he will face Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, who knocked out 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic in straight sets.

The big-serving Berdych, faced with a partisan home crowd, mastered the occasion breaking Kyrgios's serve three times, while the madcap Aussie repeatedly clashed with the umpire and engaged in a long-running conversation with himself.

At one stage in the second set, Kyrgios confronted umpire James Keovathong about music he could hear during a point.

"Mate, are you okay?" he said to the umpire. "There's music playing in the crowd while we are playing. I've told you seven times. Mate!"

The Australian youngster then walked towards the crowd before saying to those in attendance: "Am I hearing things? Am I hearing things? Mate, it's a circus! So there's music allowed to be played? Did you hear something? So why did you not tell them to turn it off? Because you have a mic right there!"

Kyrgios then got heated again in the third set, aiming another rant at Keovathong. 

"You really know how to control a match, buddy," he said. "There's guys throwing balls back into the crowd. And you have music playing while we're playing. Good control. It's a f---ing joke."

The Czech iron man, who upset Rafael Nadal on the way to last year's semi-finals, won the majority of the longer rallies and hit 44 winners, 26 of them on his big forehand.

Kyrgios gave his home supporters some hope with a fightback in the third set when he twice broke Berdych's serve, but the Czech regrouped in the fourth set to clinically finish off the Aussie.

Kyrgios was defending ranking points after making the quarter-finals in last year's event, where he lost to Andy Murray.