Tennis - Wimbledon - London, Britain - July 7, 2017 Great Britain’s Aljaz Bedene in action during his third round match against Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller REUTERS/Tony O'Brien
LONDON (Reuters) - World number 49 Aljaz Bedene has finally given up on representing his adopted country Britain and will switch allegiance back to his native Slovenia next year.
The 28-year-old became a British citizen in 2015 but his hopes of playing in the Davis Cup were thwarted by a rule change brought in by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) that prevents players appearing for more than one country.
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