JACOB FEARNLEY fell to defeat against Grigor Dimitrov today after their Madrid Open third-round match resumed following Monday’s power-cut.

The match was suspended at a crucial stage because of the outage, which affected much of Spain and Portugal and forced play to be cancelled for the rest of the day.

Fearnley had just broken back in the second set after saving a match point, meaning he had to resume serving to stay in the contest at 6-4 5-4.

Both players looked understandably nervous, and Fearnley had to save a second match point at 5-6 before sending the contest to a tie-break, which went Dimitrov’s way, with the Bulgarian 15th seed securing a 6-4 7-6 (3) victory.

The delay meant a bumper schedule today, and second seed Iga Swiatek survived another close battle, this time with Russian Diana Shnaider, who she eventually saw off 6-0 6-7 (3) 6-4.

Australian Open champion Madison Keys was a 6-2 6-3 winner over Donna Vekic while, in the men’s draw, surprise Miami Open champion Jakub Mensik is having another strong Masters 1000 run, beating Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals.

Sixth seed Alex De Minaur defeated Denis Shapovalov 6-3 7-6 (3), with Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe also recording victories.