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Play cancelled for the day in Madrid as a consequence of energy outage

Fearnley saves match level towards Dimitrov earlier than play halted

April 28, 2025

Monday’s play on the Mutua Madrid Open has been cancelled as a consequence of a big energy outage that affects components of Spain and Portugal.

Two singles matches and one doubles match on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion have been underway when energy was misplaced at 12:34 p.m. native time (CEST). The outage prevented the usage of digital line calling methods and in addition left a spider cam dangling over the court docket inside Manolo Santana Stadium, the place Grigor Dimitrov led Jacob Fearnley 6-4, 5-4 when play was suspended.

Por motivos ajenos a la organización y para garantizar la seguridad, el apagón basic que ha afectado a España este lunes 28 de abril, obliga a suspender tanto la sesión de día como de noche en el Mutua Madrid Open.#MMOPEN

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— #MMOPEN (@MutuaMadridOpen) April 28, 2025

The No. 16 within the PIF ATP Rankings, Dimitrov held a match level on return at 5-2, 30/40 within the second set. But Fearnley then held serve and promptly reclaimed the break within the subsequent recreation to maintain alive his hopes of a comeback win within the pair’s maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly. Matteo Arnaldi moved previous Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-4 to succeed in the fourth spherical earlier than play was cancelled for the day.

Massive components of Spain and Portugal have been hit by the ability outage, which has shut off visitors lights. All rail visitors has come to a halt in Spain, and the metro in Lisbon and Porto, Portugal, is closed.