‘Athlete Stuck In Elevator, Spectators’ Movement Grounded,’ Madrid Power Outage Descends Into Chaos

A mass power blackout in the Iberian Peninsula has impacted the Madrid Open tennis tournament as matches were suspended and cancelled, while an athlete got stuck in the elevator. The power outage on Monday impacted Spain and Portugal as an abrupt electricity cut-off was experienced when Coco Gauff was giving an on-court interview after reaching the quarter-finals. The mic went off and the stadium lost light due to the outage. British No 2 Jacob Fearnley’s match was suspended at the Manolo Santana Stadium when he was serving to stay in…

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