Broad in Spain: the ghost match in Madrid open that no one saw and baffled everyone

He Madrid Open 2025 The second week began with a stumble due to the mass blackout in Spain, Portugal and France, which made the continuation of some games in the Magic Box made. Or at least that is what was believed.

Specifically, what happened was that shortly after 7:30 am in Argentina it was known that the male singles matches that were being played, on the one hand that of Grigor Dimitrov (16th) before Jacob Fearnley (68 °)and on the other of Matteo Arnaldi (44 °) with Damir Dzumhur (63 °)they were provisionally suspended.

But the bewilderment arrived about an hour later, when the news transcended that Novak Djokovic’s executioner had defeated Dzumhur in the third round. How was this possible if the meetings were suspended until the return of the energy supply?

As it transpired, the game continued in progress, even Mohamed Lahyani, the judge of the duel, would have taken the annotation manuallybut the official ATP website did not immediately load the result due to the lack of light on the chair tablet of the chair Umpire.

According to these first reports that came to light, Arnaldi would have won 6-3 and 6-4, in the absence of official confirmation. The truth is that worldwide, the transmission stopped and there was no television evidence of such an event. The Ghost Party in Madrid Open existed and baffled all.

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