Anna Karolina Schmiedlova blog. She fell far from a perch in the world's Top 30 over the past two years, but here are a list of reasons why the former World No.26 can get back to her best in 2018.

She was one of the WTA's breakout rising stars before turning 21, but Anna Karolina Schmiedlova has had more than her fair share of struggles since a career-best 2015 season which saw her win two WTA titles, reach the third round of the US Open and reach a career-high ranking of World No.26. 

In the same age bracket as Elina Svitolina, Daria Gavrilova and Eugenie Bouchard, Schmiedlova seemed to be ahead of the curve amongst her contemporaries, but the 23-year-old has needed to rebuild her career one step at a time over the past 18 months.