Best Friends: Rublev Medvedev's hilarious first impression, 'Crying full!'

pemldquo;I see this guy, sleeveless t-shirt, only one racquet, and I say, lsquo;Who is this guy? Hersquo;s in the quarter-finals with me? No chance I am going to lose to him!rsquo;rdquo;/em/p

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a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a has a distinct and hilarious memory of meeting a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a for the first time. Though it is a funny story now, it was not all laughs for a slightly skeptical Rublev back then. Instead it was tears, the 26-year-old revealed in ATP Tourrsquo;s latest lsquo;emBest Friends/emrsquo; feature./p

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The fan favourites also discussed heartfelt moments such as each otherrsquo;s best qualities, why they are best friends and their biggest wish for each other. And then get ready to laugh again when they share their funniest moment together!/p

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Watch the full video above for a behind-the-scenes look into Mevedev and Rublevrsquo;s longtime friendship and hear what career they would like to pursue if it were not for tennis./p

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