A power outage in Spain and Portugal halted matches at the Madrid Open on Monday, forcing the organisers to suspend the day's play.

The power went out at 12:34 PM local time (1034 GMT), stopping two ATP singles matches and one doubles match that were underway. In total, 22 matches had to be cancelled for the day.

Coco Gauff, who was preparing to shower in a dark locker room after her 6-4, 6-2 win over Belinda Bencic in the Round of 16, said, "So I just had to take baby wipes and wipe myself and spray some perfume and call it a day.”

Earlier, Gauff's post-match interview was cut off due to the power outage. She later posted an Instagram story showing only an emergency light working in an otherwise dark locker room.

“The cut is preventing the use of electronic line calling systems and also left a spider cam dangling over the court inside Manolo Santana Stadium,” the ATP added.

Tournament organisers said they "had no choice but to suspend/cancel all sporting activity in order to guarantee the safety of the players, fans and personnel." Spectators were told to leave the sports complex.

The organisers later updated that play will resume on Tuesday as the power was restored in Madrid.

Second-ranked Alexander Zverev, a two-time Madrid Open champion, will face Francisco Cerundolo, while Alex de Minaur and Daniil Medvedev will also be in action.

On the women's side, the remaining six matches are also expected to be played on Tuesday, including top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka facing Peyton Stearns and second-ranked Iga Swiatek taking on Diana Shnaider.

On Monday, when play was stopped, Grigor Dimitrov was leading Jacob Fearnley 6-4, 5-4 inside the main stadium. Also, Matteo Arnaldi was leading Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 3-2, but that match continued later—apparently with manual line calling—and Arnaldi won 6-3, 6-4.

The blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, knocking out subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights, and ATM machines. Another fourth-round women’s match was also completed before the blackout: Mirra Andreeva beat Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-1, 6-4.

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