Play on the Madrid Open tennis event was suspended Monday because of a significant energy outage reported in Spain and Portugal.
The ATP Tour mentioned that two singles matches and one doubles match have been underway when energy went out at 12:34 p.m. native time (1034 GMT).
“The reduce is stopping the usage of digital line calling techniques and in addition left a spider cam dangling over the court docket inside Manolo Santana Stadium,” the ATP added.
Grigor Dimitrov was main Jacob Fearnley 6-4, 5-4 inside the principle stadium when play was stopped. Additionally, Matteo Arnaldi was main Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 3-2.
Some gamers have been training regardless of the outage, and some individuals remained within the stands to observe.
Two fourth-round ladies’s matches have been accomplished shortly earlier than the blackout.
Coco Gauff beat Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-2, and Mirra Andreeva beat Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-1, 6-4.
Gauff posted an Instagram story exhibiting solely an emergency gentle working in an in any other case darkish locker room.
“No energy the place the showers are. So I am about to take a bathe and I am going to allow you to all know the way it goes,” the American mentioned.
Second-ranked Iga Swiatek “sat within the darkened gamers’ lounge, speaking with members of her staff,” forward of her match towards Diana Shnaider, the WTA Tour mentioned.
Swiatek and Shnaider have been scheduled to play in the principle stadium after the Dimitrov-Fearnley match.
Spanish generator RedElectrica mentioned the Iberian peninsula was affected. It mentioned the incident is being assessed and responded to.
The international locations have a mixed inhabitants of over 50 million individuals. It isn’t instantly clear how many individuals are affected.