Exact moment Spain is plunged into power cut chaos captured in Coco Gauff’s post-match interview

28 April 2025, 13:33 | Updated: 28 April 2025, 17:10

Watch the moment the power went out into Spain during an interview with tennis star Coco Gauff.

The US player was speaking to media following her third-round win at the Matuta Madrid Open when her microphone was cut off in the middle of her sentence.

Gauff looked startled and let out a laugh in confusion amid the technical difficulty, which saw many other games suspended as a huge power cut stopped play.

British star Jacob Fearnley was among those affected when the blackout hit during his match.

It came as much of Spain was plunged into chaos amid a huge power cut, which is also affecting Portugal and other areas across Europe.

Entire airports and metro systems came to a halt due to the outage.

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Barajas Airport in Madrid remains without power while the Valencia metro suspended all services.

Metrovalencia, which encompasses both metro and tram services in Valencia, said there was disruption due to a "general power outage".

Spain's national rail operator, Renfe, said no single service had been able to leave stations following the outage.Parts of Madrid underground have been evacuated and traffic lights in the city are not working, local media reported.Phone lines are down across the country too.

A "problem in Spain’s transportation network" is the apparent cause of widespread blackouts, said António Leitão Amaro, Portugal’s presidency minister.

“The exact details of which have yet to be identified,” he told the Lusa news agency.

In Portugal, a country of some 10.6 million people, the outage hit the capital, Lisbon, and surrounding areas, as well as northern and southern parts of the country.

Portuguese distributor E-Redes said the outage was due to "a problem with the European electricity system", according to Portuguese newspaper Expresso.

Power in the UK remains unaffected but the situation is being monitored closely, NESO (National Energy System Operator) said.

Craig Dyke, Director of System Operations, said: "Great Britain's electricity network continues to operate as normal, we are monitoring the situation closely and are liaising with our counterparts in neighbouring European countries to offer any assistance that may be required."