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Mclachlan Flying High Under Japanese Flag

When it came to making moves in his professional career, Ben Mclachlan was ready to go the distance -- literally. Mclachlan began 2017 as a 200-ranked doubles specialist, and as a New Zealander. On Sunday, with Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako of Japan looking on, he lifted the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2017 doubles crown -- as a Japanese player. So how does one go about playing for a different country almost overnight and, more importantly, why? Mclachlan grew up in New Zealand, spent summers in Japan and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in the U.S. -- all by the age of 22. The doubles specialist claims ties to Japan through his mother, and possesses a...

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