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Andreeva and Gauff advance before Spain power outage halts play

Mirra Andreeva and Coco Gauff to face-off in quarter-finalGrigor Dimitrov and Jacob Fearnley paused at 6-4, 5-4 Mirra Andreeva has spent the past two years of her life outperforming most teenagers that have ever picked up a tennis racket in the 21st century, yet on a chaotic, surreal Monday inside Caja Mágica, she briefly returned to her roots. During the final change of ends of her fourth-round match against the Ukrainian qualifier Yulia Starodubtseva, as she served for a comfortable victory, she learned of the power outage that had ravaged Spain, Portugal and many nearby countries, ultimately forcing play to be postponed in Madrid. As matches across the tournament grounds had already come to a halt, the two players were informed that they could play out the subsequent game, but there was a catch: the live electronic line calling system was no longer functioning and there were no line umpires to call upon. They would have to play as if they were back on the junior circuit, calling their own lines with only the umpire there to intervene. Naturally, Andreeva began to feel the pressure. Continue reading...

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Zverev warned for photo of ball mark at Madrid

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