They played together twice at the European Open in Antwerp. They were eliminated in the first round, beaten 7 / 6-7 / 5 by the pair Cuevas / Gonzalez. Despite the defeat, Arnaud Bovy has had an experience he will remember for a long time. "It was an honor for me to be able to play with Steve, I can learn a lot from him, he gives me advice, he directs me a lot in my career." When I was younger, he was a model I saw him on TV at the Davis Cup games, and it was impressive, and if I can ever reproduce what he did, my career will be very successful. "
The day before, Arnaud Bovy had already played in singles, the first round qualifying, narrowly bowing to a former resident of the top 40, the Italian Paolo Lorenzi. "I have never played a single match in a challenger tournament, and I ended up in an ATP 250. Thanks to Dick Norman and the organization, for having trusted me, and for giving me this invitation These two games have brought me a lot of experience, it has made me grow, I can see what I have to work, the road is still very long. "
The Liege started his professional career ten months ago. His season is not over, but he can already draw up a first report. "It's pretty positive, at the moment I'm 693rd in the world, I still have five weeks of tournaments, and I'm going to try to get as close as possible to the top 500. If I stay where I am, I may have I'm going to give it all, by the end of the season, I'm pretty happy with myself, but there's still a lot to work on. "
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