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,

Former U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff was preparing to shower in a dark locker room after play at the Madrid Open was suspended and then postponed due to a major power outage in Spain and Portugal. Then Gauff realized that the water was off,

Residents of a neighborhood plunged largely into darkness by a widespread electricity blackout celebrated on Monday evening as the lights turned back on. After the nearly 18-hour outage, the power was back in most of Spain and Portugal,