National power outage stops play at Madrid Open
Summary
A big tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain had to pause because all of Spain lost power. This meant that Jacob Fearnley, a player from the UK, had to stop his match against Grigor Dimitrov, a player from Bulgaria.Key Facts
- The Madrid Open is a big tennis event.
- There was a nation-wide power cut in Spain.
- Because of the power cut, parts of the tennis match, like electronic line-calling and scoreboards, stopped working.
- The power cut also left a camera stuck in a place where the players could see it.
- The power cut caused other problems across Spain, like traffic lights not working and trains needing to be cleared out.
- Spain's electricity company said it was trying to bring the power back.
- Jacob Fearnley was playing a match when the power cut and had to leave the court.
- Another two UK players, Cameron Norrie and Jack Draper, were due to play their matches on the same day.
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