Wimbledon Plans To Add A Final-set Tiebreaker

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, New York Times: Tennis
Fri, 10/19/2018 - 4:46am

The All England Club says it will introduce tiebreakers at Wimbledon next year when a match reaches 12-12 in the fifth set for men and third set for women.

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