Katie Boulter cheekily calls out Alex de Minaur's 'elite' red flag behavior for going off the grid

Just three singles and two doubles matches were completed at the Mutua Madrid Open Monday, the result of a nationwide power outage that forced organizers to suspend play.

Portugal also endured a widespread blackout, with parts of France impacted as well.

Yet some players still found an outlet to plug into—social media that is. Powering up the posting game…

Wondered Taylor Fritz on X, “Have they tried unplugging and plugging it back in?” The world No. 4 takes on two-time Roland Garros finalist Casper Ruud to close out Tuesday’s night session.

“I didn’t mean this literally…...,” Peyton Stearns wrote on X two days after posting “What’s done in the dark comes to the light.” The former NCAA champion meets Aryna Sabalenka ahead of the Fritz-Ruud clash.

Alex de Minaur, who notably revealed a low screen time usage when Tennis Channel asked players to share at this year’s Miam Open, was naturally unfazed.

“Don’t mind this off the grid thing,” he began with three 😂. “On the third walk of the day and finally got some service to check on the rest of the world.”

Fiancée Katie Boulter was less than impressed, however.

“Imagine blaming a country blackout for not texting me back all day,” she replied to the Australian on X before declaring, “Elite 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 behavior”

De Minaur faces Denis Shapovalov for a fourth-round spot.

Coco Gauff was in the middle of her on-court interview following a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Belinda Bencic when the outage hit.

“🤣🤣 put this in the history books. In all seriousness, I hope everyone stays safe 🙏🏾,” commented the No. 4 seed on X. Gauff gets seventh-seeded Mirra Andreeva in Wednesday’s WTA quarterfinal action.