article_snippet.sent: Last year, when Aljaz Bedene stated Aljaz Bedene intended to try to make the switch, the then British No 3 Dan Evans expressed some doubts about Aljaz Bedene legitimacy, wondering why the then British No 3 Dan Evans would wish to do Aljaz Bedene.
article_snippet.sent: James Ward (left) and
article_snippet.sent: turns up and always loses in the first round.
article_snippet.sent: and so we very much welcome Aljaz’s change in citizenship.
article_snippet.sent: Switching nationalities is always a contentious issue in any sport and Evans’s questions have some pertinence to nationalities.
article_snippet.sent: Two years ago Australian Brydan Klein switched to represent GB by virtue of Klein mother originally being from Manchester.
article_snippet.sent: The last comparable switch came twenty years ago when Greg Rusedski arrived from Canada.
article_snippet.sent: It was by no means universally popular but, like Bedene, Greg Rusedski pledged that Greg Rusedski was in for the long haul and, in fairness to Greg Rusedski, Greg Rusedski proved true to Greg Rusedski word.