Aljaz Bedene has described his first match as a British player as "awesome".

Bedene defeated Frenchman Maxime Chazal 6-3 6-2 in the opening round of qualifying for the Casablanca Open after becoming a British citizen on Tuesday.

"It's taken a while to get to this, but it's awesome to see," he posted on Twitter.

"Happy to get the first match out of the way. Was solid to be fair and more to come which is always good. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks for all the support and love guys, I feel really lucky."

Bedene is ranked 83 in the world and will play either Michael Linzer or Maxime Texeira in the next round.