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No, in all Grand Slams sets 1 through 4 are played with a Tie-break, but the fifth set has no limit and there has been several matches that have had to be resumed the next day. The most notable example is the match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played in 3 days for wimbledon 2010. The final score was 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68 for Isner. The match lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes

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