This time last year, Amanda Anisimova was working her way back onto the tennis scene after taking an eight-month mental health break from the sport.

She had just fallen in the final round of Wimbledon qualifying after plummeting to 189th in the world rankings.

It capped a rather tumultuous stretch that saw Anisimova struggle to regain her footing in the sport she had dedicated her whole life to. The sport she shared with her father, Konstantin Anisimov, whose passing from a heart attack at 52 in 2019 impacted her greatly.

But the former teenage sensation is on the cusp of an all-time comeback.