Last year’s match at Wimbledon between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes, set a record for the longest match in tennis history. The fifth set of the match lasted 8 hours and 11 minutes.
Approximately what fraction of the whole match was taken up by the fifth set?
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