Madrid Open was forced to suspend the game after colliding with a massive power outage in Spain and Portugal.
The 15th Seed of Gregor Dimitrov and his British opponent, Jacob Zangeli, were forced to leave the court because dark boards and overhead cameras lost their power. The 32-round race at the Manolo Santana Stadium-where Dimitrov was forced to stop at 6-4, 5-4, because a spider was hanged too close to court.
The fourth Coco Gauff, which defeated Belinda Bencic 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals, shortened the interview after the race at the Zanantxa Sánchez Stadium and lost the microphone. Electronic phone call systems were also affected by electric cutting, while spectators shared photos of dark corridors at the Manzanares Park Tennis Center, ATP said.
Suban Baker, British Tennis Fans, said Independent: “We were in the center court where we watched Jacob Zahid and Gregor Dimitrov [when] The TV pages went out, so they suspend the game. They failed to resume the game because the camera is hanging from one side of the court.
“We went out by assuming we got this beer [the power cut] It was only here and the electricity comes back very quickly. When we went inside, on the stairs, everything was dark. In short, there was no water, so you can’t wash the toilets or anything else.
“When this first happened, we thought it was good because we had one -day tickets and there were a number of games today. But over the hours, we just want to watch tennis. Card cars don’t work to buy any food and drinks and we just had € 20 that is now gone.”
ATP said in a statement: “Two single -song races and a double race at the ATP Masters 1000 event were underway, with electricity disappeared at 12.34 pm.”
Matteo Arnaldi, who saddened Novak Djokovic on Saturday, was 6-3, 3-2 against Demumhur, which stopped 32 races, while the Italians eventually won 6-3, 6-4, and the match continued on the lines.
The organizers said the rest of the game was finally delayed “to ensure the safety of players, fans and staff at Caja Mágica.”
Local media said power outages also affected traffic lights, some airports and part of the basement of Madrid. Red eléCrica, Spanish power grid operator, said he was working with energy companies to restore energy.
Additional report by Reuters
