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Big win for the new Brit. He'll face Troicki in the 2R.
Wimbledon R1: Bedene def. Stepanek, 7-5 1-6 4-6 6-3 6-4
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Sad news for all the ladies attending later in the week.
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Great comeback for the new Brit and it's the perfect way to endear himself to the British public. If he can keep on winning matches and showing that kind of heart, I think they will take to him. Hopefully his appeal is successful so he can start playing in DC. We need someone other than Murray that is decent player and Bedene looked good today.
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Proof enough that he isn't really a Brit
He is so pretty, nice for him to get some success on British soil, nothing will make the Brits accept you like winning.
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Why exactly is he Brit now?
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Good win for the Slovene. Shame Stepanek has been burdened with injury lately.
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Same reason as Murray, he won!
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He's a Brit now because he became a British citizen at the end of March.
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I suppose that would usually be true, but we're having a rather great Wimbledon so far.Proof enough that he isn't really a Brit
He's having a great year. Hopefully his ranking will climb so we'll have another 'Brit' in the top 50...maybe 40 or higher.
Someone is uber mad.
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Because some plebs like to pretend that citizenship is the same thing as nationality.
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On paper he is now a Brit. Nothing wrong with calling him a Brit or celebrating his success as a Brit.
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Exactly.
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I will never accept him as a Brit, nor continue supporting the British Davis Cup team if he ever plays for them (not that my opinion is relevant in any way). Not interested in passport nonsense.
Nothing against him living in Britain, though, nor his possession of a "British" passport (actually an EU passport, as you'll notice if you look at the first line on the cover of your passport; even without British citizenship, he would be free to live here indefinitely). I like Slovenes. I haven't seen him play before, anyway.
Nothing against him living in Britain, though, nor his possession of a "British" passport (actually an EU passport, as you'll notice if you look at the first line on the cover of your passport; even without British citizenship, he would be free to live here indefinitely). I like Slovenes. I haven't seen him play before, anyway.
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Maybe my perspective on this is different as an American. Bedene's switch isn't a paper one like, say, Brydan Klein's. He's lived in Britain for years and really seems to be super enthused about becoming a Brit. In America that's what counts. I suppose in other countries it's less like that and more like, you can't change the way you were born? I'll defer to you guys to gatekeep your own country.
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Stepanek cheats every match with his beauty, but no problem can be found?
I read an article recently that said it takes (on average) 3 years to become an american, 3 generations to become a norwegian but a foreigner can never become japanese. I think there's some truth to that statement, with great britain somewhere in between the first two.Maybe my perspective on this is different as an American. Bedene's switch isn't a paper one like, say, Brydan Klein's. He's lived in Britain for years and really seems to be super enthused about becoming a Brit. In America that's what counts. I suppose in other countries it's less like that and more like, you can't change the way you were born? I'll defer to you guys to gatekeep your own country.
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