Jacob Fearnley fell to defeat against Grigor Dimitrov after their Madrid Open third-round match resumed following Monday’s power-cut but Jack Draper progressed to the last 16. Fearnley’s match was suspended at a crucial stage because of the outage, which affected much of Spain and Portugal and forced play to be cancelled for the rest of the day.

Jacob Fearnley was forced off court after play was suspended at the Madrid Open due to the widespread power outage affecting Spain and Portugal.

Power has been restored at the Caja Magica tennis complex and the Madrid Open resumed with a packed schedule that included second-ranked Iga Swiatek advancing to the quarterfinals.

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Tournament organizers for the Mutua Madrid Open have announced that all play on April 28 has been canceled due to widespread power outages.

Despite multiple attempts, Zverev hardly closed the gap on No. 1 Jannik Sinner, who has barred from tennis competition since February.

Iga Swiatek advanced to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open after a "more relaxed" day following a blackout while top-seeded Alexander Zverev was upset by Francisco Cerundolo.

World No 2 Alexander Zverev was knocked out of the Madrid Open in the round of 16 by Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo on Tuesday as defending women's champion Iga Swiatek had a few scares before advancing to the quarter-finals.