Wimbledon's qualifying rounds are the tournament before the tournament
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About 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the All England Club - a 15-to-20-minute drive during moderate mid-morning traffic, along tree-lined roads - sits the Roehampton Community Sports Centre, site of this week's qualifying rounds that let lower-ranked players earn their way into the Wimbledon brackets.