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Should Wimbledon start using a 5th set tiebreaker?

Asked by Ivan (13479points) June 23rd, 2010

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut’s match was suspended for darkness after 4 sets last night. Today, the match was again suspended for darkness after playing for 7 hours.

Currently, the 5th set is tied 59–59.

Wimbledon doesn’t use a tiebreaker in the 5th set of matches, meaning that you must win by two games. So in theory, the match can just go on and on forever.

In total, the match has lasted 9 hours and 58 minutes, and it will be continued tomorrow. It’s the longest match in the history of Tennis. Essentially every record has been broken.

Should Wimbledon use a 5th set tiebreaker so that something like this never happens again?

Here is ESPN’s analysis.

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