The 22-year-old took a break from the WTA Tour following her run to the Miami Open quarter-finals final month, swapping match motion for a coaching block forward of the clay-court swing.
It appeared to pay dividends as she opened her marketing campaign within the Spanish capital with a 7-6 (4) 6-4 win over Lamens.
Raducanu, who is continuous her partnership with Andy Murray’s former coach Mark Petchey on a casual foundation, seemed scientific and guaranteed towards the Dutchwoman to arrange a second-round assembly with Marta Kostyuk.
Raducanu will probably be happy with how she prevailed within the first set, profitable a decent contest that swung each methods with an change of breaks.
The Briton was strongest within the tie-break, although, profitable 4 successive factors from 2-3 all the way down to edge in entrance.
Lamens, ranked 73 on the earth, was 2-0 up within the second set as she threatened a comeback, however Raducanu regained management.
She broke twice to guide 5-4 after which served it out for victory.
Mutua Madrid Open Outcomes
Ladies’s Singles, Spherical of 128
Katie Volynets, United States, def. Petra Kvitova, Czechia, 6-4, 6-0.
Ann Li, United States, def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 6-3, 6-2.
Diane Parry, France, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 6-3, 6-4.
Maya Joint, Australia, def. Carlota Martinez Cirez, Spain, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.
Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-4, 7-5.
Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Zeynep Sonmez, Turkiye, 6-0, 6-2.
Bernarda Pera, United States, def. Jana Fett, Croatia, 6-4, 6-3.
Alycia Parks, United States, def. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, Andorra, 6-3, 6-3.
Maria Carle, Argentina, def. Rebecca Sramkova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2.
Maria Sakkari, Greece, def. Wang Xinyu, China, 6-4, 7-6 (7).
Anna Blinkova, Russia, def. Panna Udvardy, Hungary, 6-4, 6-2.
Emma Raducanu, Britain, def. Suzan Lamens, Netherlands, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Rebeka Masarova, Switzerland, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5.
Yuliia Starodubtseva, Ukraine, def. Linda Fruhvirtova, Czechia, 6-2, 6-2.
Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, def. Polina Kudermetova, Russia, 6-2, 6-2.
Extra reporting by The Related Press.
