Emma Raducanu beat Netherlands’ Suzan Lamens in straight units to advance to the second spherical of the Madrid Open.
The British No 2 prevailed 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 in a hard-fought contest to arrange a conflict with Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk as she will get her clay-court marketing campaign below manner.
Raducanu took on Kostyuk in Madrid three years in the past when she got here out on prime in straight units and will probably be hoping to duplicate that success.
The 22-year-old battled by means of the first-set tie-break in opposition to the Dutch No 1 earlier than changing the second of two break factors to edge in entrance at 5-4 within the second set.
Raducanu then accomplished the job within the subsequent recreation when she took the primary of her two match factors due to Lamens’ lengthy forehand return.
The 2021 US Open champion has been with out a everlasting coach since parting methods with Nick Cavaday in January, however Mark Petchey has emerged because the front-runner after quickly becoming a member of her workforce on the Miami Open – alongside long-time mentor Jane O’Donoghue – the place she reached the quarter-finals.
Petchey will proceed to work with Raducanu on an “casual” foundation beginning on the Madrid Open.
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