pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a is making his fifth appearance at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, where last year he reached the quarter-finals, his best result at the season's third major./p
pAhead of the grass-court Slam, ATPTour.com sat down with the No. 6 player in the PIF ATP Rankings to discuss his earliest a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a memories and a funnbsp;mdash; but scarynbsp;mdash; hobby he indulged in last year during the tournament./p
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pstrongWhat is your first memory of watching a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a?/strongbr /
For sure my first experience was watching on TV. I was a kid, not travelling to see any tournaments, so I could only watch tennis on TV. I donrsquo;t remember which match was exactly my first ever, but first everything starts with TV and as I became older, I started to understand more about tennis, follow more players and little by little, you get to know the tournaments and the results./p
pI remember listening to the radio on if Rafa won his match at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a or how the situation [went]./p
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strongWhen did you first play at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a and what were your first impressions?/strongbr /
Juniors in 2014. At that time, when I was playing juniors, every Slam was something unbelievable because other junior tournaments cannot compare. They have only the club, organisers from the tournament and the players. You donrsquo;t really have spectators. You play these junior tournaments with only your coach watching. Maybe some tournaments try to bring spectators, but itrsquo;s not the same./p
pWhen you go to junior Slams, itrsquo;s like, lsquo;Wow!rsquo; It gives you a little vision of how tennis looks like. You are a bit in shock of how things are different./p
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strongWhat is the greatest memory you have had at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a?/strongbr /
Making the quarter-finals. /p
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strongOutside of Centre Court, do you have a favourite court?/strongbr /
The last years Irsquo;ve played most of my matches on Court No. 2 and Court No. 3. Between these courts two years ago, three years ago, and last year they started to put me on Centre Court./p
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strongDo you have a favourite a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a tradition and why?/strongbr /
The same shower or maybe the same restaurant near the house. I always rent a house. We stay together with all the team. We have a little garden where we can spend time. Last year, every evening we were watching a scary movie. A horror movie just for fun. I was talking to my team, lsquo;Okay letrsquo;s watch something that will [give us] tension. Letrsquo;s turn off the lights and watch a horror movie!rsquo; It was fun in the moment./p
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