Former US Open champion Coco Gauff was preparing to shower in a dark locker room after play at the Madrid Open tennis tournament was suspended and then postponed because of a major power outage in Spain and Portugal. Then Gauff realized that the water was off, too. "So I just had to take baby wipes and wipe myself,: Gauff said on Monday, "and spray some perfume and call it a day." Gauff managed to beat Belinda Bencic 6-4 6-2 shortly before the outage, which apparently cut off the sound as she was giving a post-match interview on the court.

Then the 2023 US Open champion posted an Instagram story showing only an emergency light working in an otherwise dark locker room. The ATP Tour said that two singles matches and one doubles match were underway when power went out at 12:34 p.m. local time (10:34 GMT). "The cut is preventing the use of electronic line calling systems and also left a spider cam dangling over the court inside Manolo Santana Stadium," the ATP added. Tournament organisers said they "had no choice but to suspend/cancel all sporting activity in order to guarantee the safety of the players, fans and personnel."