Spain, like Portugal and part of France, are victims of a large power cut on Monday. The Masters 1000 matters from Madrid were suspended around 12:30 p.m. and at least until Tuesday.
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France Télévisions – Sport writing
Published the 28/04/2025 15:34
Updated the 28/04/2025 17:21
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The Iberian Peninsula without juice. A “massive” power outage occurred on Monday, April 28, at the end of the morning, throughout the Iberian peninsula, Portugal and part of France, announced the manager of the Portuguese electricity network Ren. This cut did not spare the Madrid tennis courts, where the WTA and Masters 1000 take place, whose matches were interrupted shortly after 12:30 p.m. Four hours later, the organizers announced the cancellation of the meetings of the day.
“The power outage prevents the use of the electronic arbitration system and left a camera suspended above the court” Central, preventing the resumption of the game, wrote the ATP on its site.
The organizers of the tournament had affirmed on the social network X “Work to restore” the current “As quickly as possible”, Without giving schedule of matches. In its press release, the ATP estimated a recovery around 3.30 p.m. local time. But the manager of the electricity network in Spain has showed his hopes by announcing a return of the current “Between six and ten o’clock if all goes well”. Finally, at 4.30 p.m., all the matches was canceled.
“For reasons escaping the control of the organizers and to ensure security, the power outage at the national level requires the cancellation of the day session and the night session at the Madrid tournament”they wrote on the social network X.
On the short number 4, the incident interrupted in the second set the match between the fall of Novak Djokovic (5th) in the 2nd round, the Italian Matteo Arnaldi (44th), and the Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (63rd). Arnaldi finally won 6-3, 6-4, according to a result published on X by the Italian Tennis Federation (FitP), the remaining score blocked at 6-3, 3-2 in favor of Arnaldi on the ATP website. In women, the world number 4 Coco Gauff and the Russian Mirra Andreeva (7th) qualified for the quarter -finals, just before the power cut.
