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Wimbledon backed Maria Sharapova relaunch film by supplying official footage of Russian winning 2004 final


A film was made about tennis star Maria Sharapova while she was serving a 15-month drug ban


Wimbledon supplied official footage of doping offender Maria Sharapova winning the singles in 2004 for a promotional film that was made when she was banned from tennis.
The All England Club were asked for archive material for a 55-minute documentary about the Russian's journey back from the meldonium drugs scandal for which she served a 15-month ban.
The film The Point, produced by Sharapova's agents IMG, was launched last week on iTunes, with footage of her parading the Venus Rosewater dish after beating Serena Williams included in the trailer and the All England Club listed in the credits.