Apr 28, 2025 09:49 PM IST
Play has been cancelled on the Madrid Open for the remainder of the day following a large energy lower in Spain
Play has been cancelled on the Madrid Open for the remainder of the day following a large energy lower in Spain and neighbouring Portugal, event organisers introduced Monday.
Play has been cancelled on the Madrid Open for the remainder of the day following a large energy lower in Spain(AFP)
An influence lower affecting “the whole of the Iberian peninsula and part of France”, in response to Portuguese electrical energy community operator REN, halted matches shortly after 10.30am GMT, earlier than Madrid Open organisers referred to as off the remainder of the day’s motion 4 hours later.
“For reasons beyond the control of the organisation and in order to guarantee general safety, the nationwide power-cut experienced in Spain on Monday 28 April has forced the cancellation of both the day and night sessions at the Madrid Open,” the event introduced on social media.
Solely three matches had been accomplished on Monday earlier than the outage.
Girls’s world quantity 4 Coco Gauff beat Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-2 within the final 16 and teenage sensation Mirra Andreeva additionally progressed to the quarter-finals, beating Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-1, 6-4.
Matteo Arnaldi, who knocked out Novak Djokovic on Saturday, reached the spherical of 16 with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Damir Dzumhur.
Elsewhere, the match between Grigor Dimitrov and Jacob Fearnley was suspended when the Bulgarian fifteenth seed was main 6-4, 5-4 together with his opponent serving to remain within the match.
Among the many matches initially scheduled for Monday and now postponed till Tuesday are the final 16 matches of ladies’s world numbers one and two, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, who had been attributable to tackle Peyton Stearns and Diana Shnaider, respectively.
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