The Madrid Open was among the victims from Spain’s power outage on Monday, with several ATP and WTA players impacted.
Tennis fans were left shocked by the power loss at the Madrid Open, which resulted in all matches being cancelled on the day.
The 2025 Madrid Open plans to resume on Tuesday, with the men’s players involved in the ATP Masters 1000 event and the women in the WTA 1000 tournament.
Hoping to return to action early is Australian ace Alex de Minaur, who meets Denis Shapovalov in the third round.
And American star Taylor Fritz earned a 300th career win at the Madrid Open and is already into the last 16, with the third seed taking on Casper Ruud.
Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur hilariously react to power loss at Madrid Open
And the duo were among the players making light of the situation in Madrid, with Fritz writing on X: “Have they tried unplugging and plugging it back in?”
De Minaur meanwhile wrote: “Don’t mind this off the grid thing. On the 3rd walk off the day and finally got some service to check on the rest of the world.”
His fiancee and fellow professional Katie Boulter was, however, less impressed, replying: “Imagine blaming a country blackout for not texting me back all day. Elite [red flag] behaviour.”
Coco Gauff and Peyton Stearns share social media messages after Madrid Open power outage
The men’s stars haven’t been the only ones trying their best to see the funny side of the issue, which brought many parts of Spain and Portugal to a standstill.
WTA number four Coco Gauff wrote on X: “Put this in the history books, in all seriousness I hope everyone stays safe.”
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Like her United Cup teammate Fritz, Gauff has impressed in Madrid and now takes on Mirra Andreeva in the quarter-finals.
Their fellow American Peyton Stearns meanwhile wrote: “I didn’t mean this literally…”, having previously written: “What’s done in the dark comes to the light.”
Stearns is also among the players back in action sooner rather than later, with world number one Aryna Sabalenka her next opponent.
The duo met at Indian Wells in 2024, with the Belarusian coming from behind to edge out the American in a thrilling clash.
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