The organizers of Madrid Open were forced to cancel the matches on Monday while Spain and Portugal experienced a huge breakdown. The power failure has left many players in difficulty.
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A mass breakdown in the Iberian Peninsula had an impact on the Madrid Open tennis tournament while the matches were suspended and canceled, while an athlete was stuck in the elevator.
The power failure on Monday had an impact on Spain and Portugal, because a steep electricity stroke was experienced when Coco Gauff gave an interview on the field after reaching the quarter -finals. The microphone has died and the stadium has lost the light due to the failure.
🤣🤣 Put this in history books, in a seriousness, I hope everyone will remain safe 🙏🏾 https://t.co/kcmczu6yzk
– Coco Gauff (@cocogauff) April 28, 2025
Jacob Fearnley’s British match No. 2 was suspended at the Manolo Santana stadium while he was used to stay in the match against the 15th seeded Grigor Dimitrov.
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Fernando Romboli from Brazil informed on Instagram that he had spent “30 minutes stuck in the elevator”. Later, he published a video of soldiers forcing the open door when leaving.
Blackout Power has also forced fans to use their mobile phone pocket lamps for movement while food stands stopped using digital payments. Fans had to pay species for food. Finally, all the matches were canceled by the organizers due to the power failure.
Sky Sports journalist Gigi Salmon, who was there, gave a good report of everything that happened to the Madrid Open during the power failure. “I spoke to a number of players. The hotel players were invited not to come on site, the players on site were invited not to leave, ”she said.
“Simple things as they could not put rackets and there was no power in the showers. They could not make their way to the training courts and they ate their food to the candles.”
Gauff said that she couldn’t take a shower in the locker room because there was no running water and was forced to go down to the hotel. “The traffic lights do not work lol, we left the car after 1 hour and 45 minutes moving slowly and we went to the hotel,” wrote Gauff on Instagram.
It has been reported that electricity has been restored in more than 90% of Spanish and Portugal areas.
