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Spain power outage suspends play at Madrid Open, plunging tournament into darkness
Play was suspended at the Madrid Open the afternoon of April 28 before being canceled for the day and night, due to a power outage across Spain and the Iberian Peninsula. The loss of power meant that the electronic line calling (ELC) system used to judge whether a shot has landed in or out did not work,
Blackout at Madrid Open Forces Tennis Matches to be Cancelled amid Spain Power Outage
Officials for the Madrid Open cancelled Monday's play amid a blackout in Spain that impacted the tournament's facilities. The blackout caused a number of logistical problems at Caja Mágica with the scoreboards going dark and the loss of lighting to help fans navigate the venue:
Scenes overnight showed people receiving aid while resting in Madrid's Atocha station, while footage captured in the morning ...
Trains, traffic lights, card payments, and phone networks have been hit - officials say restoring power will take hours.
More than 99 percent of power networks in Spain were restored by Tuesday morning and most had “stabilised” in Portugal, ...
Power had almost fully returned to Spain early Tuesday morning as many questions remained about what caused one of Europe’s most severe blackouts across Spain and Portugal ...
Spain's electricity grid operator Red Electrica said it was able to supply virtually all of the country's electricity demand ...
The cause of the huge outage that cause chaos remains unknown, with power now returning to millions across Spain and Portugal ...
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