New Delhi, April 28 -- Power outage on Monday has forced play at the Mutua Madrid Open to be cancelled as parts of Spain, and rest of Europe are facing a power crisis.

According to reports, two singles matches and one doubles match at the ATP Masters 1000 event were underway when the outage occured, at 12:34 p.m. local time (CEST), forcing a suspension of play.

Reports further stated that the power outage prevented the use of electronic line calling systems and also left a spider cam dangling over the court inside the Manolo Santana Stadium, where Grigor Dimitrov was in the lead against Jacob Fearnley 6-4, 5-4 as play came to a halt.

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