Monday's play suspended at Madrid Open after power cut
Two singles matches and one doubles match at the ATP Masters 1000 event were underway when power was lost at 12:34 p.m. local time (4:05 PM IST). The cut is preventing the use of electronic line calling systems and also left a spider cam dangling over the court inside Monolo Santana Stadium, where Grigor Dimitrov led Jacob Fearnley 6-4, 5-4 when play was stopped.
The No. 16 in the PIF ATP Rankings, Dimitrov held a match point on return at 5-3, 30/40 in the second set. Yet Fearnley then held serve and promptly reclaimed the break in the next game to keep alive his hopes of a comeback win in the pair's maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting. Meanwhile Matteo Arnaldi was building confidently on his upset of Novak Djokovic on Court 4, where he was serving at 6-3, 3-2 against Damir Dzumhur before the power cut.
When play resumes in Madrid, Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Musetti and Jack Draper vs. Matteo Berrettini are among the big-hitting showdowns on the Monday evening schedule in the Spanish capital.
Sunday's highlight at the Madrid Open saw Alexander Zverev survive a major test from Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina where he earned a thrilling 2-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(0) third-round win.
Zverev is a two-time champion in Madrid and is now on a seven-match winning streak, having won on home soil in Munich last week. The No. 2 in the PIF ATP Rankings fired 11 aces against Davidovich Fokina and committed 17 fewer unforced errors (28-45) to set a fourth-round clash against Argentine, Francisco Cerundolo who defeated Francisco Comesana in the Round of 32.
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