Andreeva and Gauff set up Madrid Open quarters clash

Mirra Andreeva was serving for the match when the power went out early Monday afternoon.

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“It was 15-40 on my serve,” Andreeva later told reporters. “I was like, ‘Oh, Mirra, please -- please -- do everything in your power to take this game and finish the match. Because I knew that if it would go to 5-5 probably we would have to wait and I would be here yet.”

Coco Gauff had already closed out Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-2 and was in the midst of her on-court interview when the microphone died. Security quickly ushered her back to the players’ lounge, reported WTA.

“It was pitch-black, and I got the gist that the power went out,” Gauff said. “I thought it was just us and then I realized it was the whole country -- that's just insane.”

Not just all of Spain, as it turned out, but much of Europe, affecting many millions. Initially, the cause was unknown but early reports cited issues with the European electric grid.