Action at the Movistar Chile Open was suspended before the end of play Tuesday due to a curfew because of widespread power outages across the country.
According to news reports, Chilean authorities declared a state of emergency and put a curfew in place, which led to the end of play. CNN reported that the curfew will last from 10 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Six singles matches were completed, including two of the three matches scheduled for Court Jaime Fillol, the ATP 250 event’s centre court. Federico Coria and Tomas Barrios Vera’s clash has been rescheduled for Wednesday.
“As a tournament, we are aware of the emergency that is developing in the country and the state of constitutional exception decreed by the government that will begin to take effect at 10 pm,” the tournament wrote in a statement. “By instruction of the authorities, we suspend the match and evacuate the venue.”
Play is scheduled to resume at 2 p.m. local time Wednesday on three courts. In the first singles match of the day, Laslo Djere will take on Pedro Martinez. Djere leads the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series 3-0.
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