What if a washed-up tennis journeyman (Paul Bettany) and a rising phenom (Kirsten Dunst) made a pact to hook up before every round of Wimbledon?

That’s a big swing from this 2004 rom-com, but how’s its follow-through? Noah Ballard (Verve) joins our sports-romance kick to analyze the darker movie at the core of “Wimbledon,” savor the film’s giant cast, and regale us with racquet-sports anecdotes from his own life.