"Will never allow you to pay in any restaurant": As Andrey Rublev turns 26, fellow tennis pros share sensitive side to top 10 mainstay

Fellow tennis players shared interesting information about the personality of Russia’s Andrey Rublev.

The world number five turned 26 on October 20 and was greeted by fans in a video that appeared on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter.

Fellow tennis players shared interesting details about what makes the Moscow-born a special to be around.

“That's the guy who will never allow you to pay in any restaurant, or if you go out or to visit something,” said Russia’s Daria Kasatkina. “That will just not happen. He's always trying to take care of others. Andrey, he's a very simple guy. He's so open and if you approach him, he will never refuse to talk to you. He’s a very nice, shining guy, and just a great human being.”

“Andrey is very fierce and intense on court, and off court he is in a way like the opposite. He is a very nice, kind, calm person. He is very funny, smiles a lot,” said Norway’s Casper Ruud. “He’s an easy guy to talk to. He likes to have fun and throw some funny pranks here and there.”

“He's very caring about everyone, his surroundings. He shows that with fans, with kids around the tennis grounds, always,” said Germany’s Alexander Zverev. “He's very misunderstood in a way because of maybe how he is on the court as he's very competitive. But that has nothing to do with what kind of person he is.”

“He just has a very, very good heart,” said one-time Grand Slam winner Dominic Thiem. “I was congratulating him for Monte Carlo and he was replying with a very nice message if I want to talk, if I need some advice and some help in those difficult times, he was there for me. He was sending me that answer and giving me that possibility. He doesn't have to do that, right? That was unbelievably nice from him and it shows also what kind of guy he is.”