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Meet the new champs, same as the old champs.

Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus, a five-time winner of this event, to regain the Wimbledon women’s singles crown, while Roger Federer became the all-time men’s grand slam winner with 15 by defeating Andy Roddick in the longest match in men’s finals history at the storied grass court tournament.

There have been relatively few movies using tennis as a backdrop but in this 2004 film, now out on DVD, the filmmakers of this romantic comedy used perhaps the sport’s most iconic event to tell their story.

Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) once ranked among the Top 20 in the world, has slipped to 119th and is heading into his last Wimbledon tournament and venturing out of a pro playing career when he runs into Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten ), a rising star and somewhat bad girl of the ladies tour.

With the news that defending champion Rafael Nadal had to withdraw due to tendonitis in his knees, this year’s Wimbledon opens up the men’s singles a bit.

The grass court grand slam tournament which begins tomorrow will definitely have a different spin with the brilliant Spaniard out.