Mirra Andreeva had just climbed to the baseline to serve a place in the quarterfinals of Madrid in Madrid when power was extinguished.
An abandoned drag left millions in Spain, Portugal and parts of France without power, causing chaos in many regions.
In the Spanish tennis tournament, the system of call electronic calls went down, with the players and referee of the chair that was left to call the lines, while the punctuation boards also darkened.
In the main court, where Jacob Fearnley in Britain was about to serve to remain in the match against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the “spider” cam, which is above the court stopped right in the players’ eyes, preventing them from serving.
Andreeva de Russia served the victory, but admitted afterwards that it was not easy, saying, “It was 15-40 at my service and it was like, oh, Mirra, please do everything in your power to take this game and finish this match.”
In Spain, the traffic lights came out and the trains stopped running, with the Brazilian double player Fernando Romboli publishing on Instagram which was him Stuck in a lift, outer in the tournament for 30 minutes.
Fearnley and Dimitrov had to leave the court with the meeting with 6-4 5-4 in favor of Dimitrov, while Andreeva, Coco Gauff and the Italian Matteo Arnaldi managed to complete their respective victories.
“So far, the hardest has not been able to shower after my encounter,” Gauff American said.
“There is no running water so I just had to take babies’ wipes and clean myself, spray some perfume and call it a day.
“It’s crazy how much we depend on electricity. It’s really crazy.”