Few tennis players understand the fickle finger of fate more than Sonay Kartal.
The year began with the 22-year-old Briton fearing she would not play again this season because of a health scare that left her going "in and out of hospital".
Eight months later, Kartal is now digesting the best season of her career.
A fortnight ago she won her maiden WTA Tour title in Monastir, cracking the world's top 100 for the first time on the back of it.
"Whether I would be fit enough to be on a match court this season was a huge conversation.