Britain’s Jacob Fearnley was forced off court as play was suspended at the
Madrid Open due to a power outage.
The third-round tie between Fearnley and Grigor Dimitrov had reached a critical stage, Fearnley breaking the 15th seed’s serve to stay in the match, when a loss of power in the local area affected scoreboards and the camera above the court.
The positioning of the camera when it lost power meant the match could not continue even with line judges, as it was stuck in the eyeline of the players.
After remaining on court for some time the pair were eventually taken inside to wait for the issue to be rectified.
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE said a major power outage hit several regions of the country at around 12.30pm local time, leaving its newsroom, Spain’s parliament in Madrid and metro stations across the country in the dark.
In Portugal, a country of some 10.6 million people, the outage hit the capital, Lisbon, and surrounding areas, as well as northern and southern parts of the country.
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