Madrid suffered Black Monday, Gauff laughed about bathing with baby wipes, and ZZZ's ranking plummeted

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Last night, Beijing time, the ATP1000/WTA1000 Madrid Open suffered an unexpected situation after only a few matches, and all matches of the day were forced to be cancelled or postponed. The tournament officials later issued an announcement saying that due to reasons beyond the control of the organizers, and in order to ensure public safety, the matinee and night matches of the Madrid Open on Monday, April 28 were forced to be cancelled due to a nationwide power outage in Spain. See, it's a power outage, and it's a nationwide large-scale power outage, which is really a bit incredible today in the 21st century!

The blackout follows the ATP1000 Madrid Masters to conclude a singles third-round showdown, with Italian rising star Arnaldi, who knocked out Djokovic in the previous round, continuing his run to the round of 16 with a 6-3 6-4 win over Bosnian Jouz De Zuch to reach the round of 16, where he awaits the winner between American Tiafoe and French rising star A. Muller. In the other match, 15th seed Dumbitrov of Bulgaria was postponed due to a power outage as he led Great Britain qualifier Feinley 6-4 5-4.

Women's Field: Only two matches were completed in the fourth round of singles in Madrid. Seventh seed and rising Russian star Mila Andreeva defeated Ukrainian qualifier Starodhubtseva 6-1 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals for the second year in a row, her third time this year and her sixth overall time in the last eight of the 1000 tournament.

She will next face fourth-seeded American rising star Gauff for a place in the semi-finals, who defeated Switzerland's Bencic 6-4 6-2 to advance to the last eight of this tournament for the first time in her career, and for the first time this year and for the 17th time in her career.

After the game, Gauff also shared the trouble caused by the power outage, "It was pitch black and I realized it was a power outage. I thought it was just the arena at first, and then I found out that the whole country was blacked out, which was really crazy. "The hardest thing was that there was no water after the race and I couldn't take a shower, so I had to wipe myself with baby wipes and spray some perfume. We can't go back to the hotel right away because the traffic lights have stopped. It's really insane how dependent we are on electricity and it makes people think about it. ”

Let's take another look at a News Feed. Last night, Beijing time, China's first brother Zhang Zhizhen announced that he would withdraw from the upcoming ATP1000 Rome Masters due to injury. Last year, ZZZ made history in Rome to reach the last 8, and after retiring this year, he will be deducted 200 points from the top 8 and will drop significantly to around 80th in the world rankings.

Last week, Zhang Zhizhen just attended the Laureus Sports Awards ceremony, and he is in good spirits, and fans are looking forward to his return to the game. In less than a month, the curtain of the French Open will open, I wish ZZZ a speedy recovery!

Finally, let's guess and recognize. The picture below is a multinational doubles pair. Can you recognize who they are without prompting?

In the last guess, some golfers gave the correct answer. That's right, the person in the picture is Austrian star Thiem.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Maverick)