Madrid Open: Raducanu nets first outdoor WTA Tour clay win since 2022

Emma Raducanu advanced to the second round of the Madrid Open by beating Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens 7-6 (4), 6-4 at the Caja Mágica on Wednesday afternoon.

The former US Open champion, ranked No 49, came from a break down in both sets to clinch her first outdoor win on clay on the WTA Tour, since 2022.

The Briton won four straight points from 2-3 in the tiebreak and then recovered from 2-0 down in the second as she set up a meeting with No 24 seed Marta Kostyuk next.

““It’s for sure different stepping into the competition, especially on clay,” Raducanu said, quoted by The Guardian. “I haven’t played many matches on this surface, so it does feel a little foreign to me.

“I’m happy with how I kind of worked my way into the match. I played an opponent in great form who has won a lot of matches on clay so I knew I had to play really well to win. I don’t think I played my best level but I think I competed really well.”

Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):

• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Sonay Kartal
• McCartney Kessler vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Eva Lys vs. Teodora Kostovic
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Olga Danilovic
• Francesca Jones vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Robin Montgomery
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Anastasia Potapova: wednesday
• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: wednesday
• Anna Blinkova (Q) beat Panna Udvardy (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Rebeka Masarova: wednesday
• Maria Sakkari beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-3, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Alycia Parks beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera (LL) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Anastasija Sevastova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-4, 7-5
• Katie Volynets beat Petra Kvitova: 6-4, 6-0
• Maya Joint (Q) beat Carlota Martinez Cirez (WC): 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
• Diane Parry (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 6-4
• Ann Li beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Peyton Stearns beat Kimberly Birrell: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Camila Osorio beat Emiliana Arango (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Lulu Sun beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Katie Boulter beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Hailey Baptiste (WC) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-1
• Marie Bouzkova beat Renata Zarazua: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Caroline Dolehide beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-4, 6-4