Player stuck in elevator, no running water: Madrid Open descends into chaos after power outage in Spain

Madrid Open organisers were forced to cancel matches on Monday as Spain and Portugal experienced a huge outage. The power breakdown left a lot players into trouble.

A mass power blackout in the Iberian Peninsula has impacted the Madrid Open tennis tournament as matches were suspended and cancelled, while an athlete got stuck in the elevator.

The power outage on Monday impacted Spain and Portugal as an abrupt electricity cut-off was experienced when Coco Gauff was giving an on-court interview after reaching the quarter-finals. The mic went off and the stadium lost light due to the outage.

British No 2 Jacob Fearnley’s match was suspended at the Manolo Santana Stadium when he was serving to stay in the match against 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov.

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