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		andrew1 on Sept 22, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Seven Puzzles You Think You Must Not Have Heard Co... But the final (i.e. fifth) set is never reached in the solution. At Wimbledon it is entriely correct that you can win the match in three or four sets by winning the third or fourth set in a tie-break. There is not a problem with the solution as stated.

muerdeme on Sept 25, 2009 [–]

"Final" means the set that will end the match, not necessarily the fifth set.

andrew1 on Oct 28, 2009 | [–]

It may do elsewhere but it doesn't at Wimbledon.

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