Power failure stops tennis masters in Madrid: chaos on the square!

Power failure stops tennis masters in Madrid: chaos on the square!

Madrid, Spanien - A massive power failure today, on April 28, 2025, has largely impact on the Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid. All games were completely suspended due to the interruption and moved to Tuesday, as [Laola1 reports] (https://www.laola1.at/de/Red/sport-mix/atp/news- ---stromausfall-legt-masters-in-madrid-lahm/). The situation was further tightened by the cancellation of the game operation, which still included two individual and a double game at the time of the failure.

The situation during the game between Grigor Dimitrow and Jacob Fearnley, which was interrupted at 6: 4, 5: 4, was particularly serious. The Spider Cam, a rope camera, got stuck over the Center Court and could no longer be moved. This led to additional technical problems because the electronic line calling also no longer worked; The absence of the line judges made it impossible to maintain this functionality.

interviews and information interrupted

An interview with the American Coco Gauff had to be canceled when the microphone failed due to the power failure. This illustrates the far -reaching effects of the technical disorder, which also affected the stalls and food stalls on the Caja Magica facility. Without electricity, no goods could be offered, which made the situation more difficult for viewers and employees.

According to ATP, the causes of the power failure, which also affected Portugal and France, are still unclear. During the interruption, the Pay TV broadcaster Sky transferred pictures of the game between Alexander Zverev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, in order to give the enthusiastic viewers an insight into the action. This unexpected situation has given the tournament organization with a major challenge and will certainly also influence the upcoming games, since the technology is essential for the course of the tournament, such as [Stern explained] (https://www.stern.de/sport/sportwelt/massiver-stromausfall --tennis-masters-in-madrid-stbrochen-35675586.html).