Khachanov on the power outage in Madrid: "It reminded me of the pandemic"

Clément Gehl

le 30/04/2025 à 11h41

1 min to read

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Karen Khachanov was eliminated in the third round of the Madrid Masters 1000 by Tommy Paul. When asked about the power outage and whether it disrupted his preparation, the Russian replied: "I wouldn’t say it had a major impact.

It was just a very strange day, one that no one expected. It reminded me of the pandemic. You wonder if it’s really going to last several days and what the consequences will be.

We have tennis, a match, a part of life, and people are stuck in the subway, in elevators, just like in hospitals.

It’s an indicator of how, without electricity, people can panic and wonder how to survive.

That’s what the training was like. You can’t relax because you don’t know if you’re going to play or what you should do—rest or sleep.

Such a delay, a lack of understanding of the situation, is always a bit heavy. So we spent a day relaxing, and that’s it."