bedene , the 25-year-old who has lived in the united kingdom for seven years and is now a citizen , claimed a 6-3 6-2 victory over maxime chazal of france on the clay in morocco .
bedene is now the british number two behind andy murray , and described his first match as a british player as ` awesome ' that aljaz bedene has won his first match since becoming a british citizen in casablanca open qualifying .
` it 's taken a while to get to this , but it 's awesome to see , ' he said on twitter .