Since 2008, Agnieszka Radwanska has been a figure of consistency inside the world top 10, but a slump in 2015 dropped her to unfamiliar waters. However, a late resurgence has landed her into accustomed territory once more as she now sets her sights on Singapore.

The Pole has finished the year inside the top 10 in six of the last seven seasons, but for much of 2015 it appeared there would be little chance of that accomplishment this time. But with a strong run in Tokyo last week, Radwanska has catapulted to world No. 7 with a bullet. During her week in Japan, Radwanska dispatched Elina Svitolina, Karolina Pliskova, Dominika Cibulkova, and Belinda Bencic in order without dropping a set. With three of those opponents ranked inside the top 16, it was her strongest week of the season.

However, for her standards, this year has been subpar with just a 39-21 overall record. Radwanska’s best result at a major was a semifinal run at Wimbledon, but she failed to advance beyond the round of 16 at the Australian Open and the round of 32 at the U. S. Open, and she was upset in the first round at Roland Garros. These results led to a decline in her ranking, which dropped as low as No. 15 in August.

Despite a season where her only title thus far came at last week’s Toray Pan Pacific Open, the veteran has positioned herself for another strong finish to the WTA season. During the Tokyo event, Radwanska showed a confidence not seen in some time, and why not? She exhibited an extremely high level of tennis, using exceptional footwork to best position herself to strike consistent, sharply angled shots with minimal error. With her high tennis IQ never in question, Radwanska crafted clever points, particularly in the final against Bencic. There, she was business as usual as her frustrated young opponent crumbled both mentally and physically as it appeared she had no answer for the Pole’s court savvy.

There has been some question as to Radwanska’s ability to stand up to today’s power players, drawing some comparisons to Martina Hingis, who began to succumb to big hitters such as Venus and Serena Williams along with Lindsay Davenport late in her career. With a game lacking extreme firepower, she relies on court smarts, great anticipation, and footwork, along with a stamina that rivals any player in the game. And during her week in Tokyo, she showed the ability to consistently blunt her opponent’s power while redirecting it to her advantage.

While it appears she has been competing on the tour for much longer, Radwanska is still in her prime. If she is to ultimately find her way to the top, she will need stronger results against power players. While she holds up well against top-level counterpunchers, her combined record against top-10 players Williams, Maria Sharapova, Lucie Safarova, and Petra Kvitova is just 5-30. All four currently stand ahead of her in the rankings.

Radwanska competed in Wuhan this week. Clearly drained from the one-day turnaround from Tokyo, she fell to a red-hot Venus Williams in the first round. Nonetheless, one of the more likeable players on the tour should certainly feel encouraged with recent results after a season with uneven outcomes. Despite not being at her best for much of this year, she still finds herself in a position to qualify for the WTA Finals.

Only Serena, Simona Halep, and Sharapova have qualified for Singapore, with Kvitova and Safarova looking fairly strong for the fourth and fifth spots. But there are only 201 points separating the No. 6 and No. 12 players, and Radwanska finds herself in this group. There is still plenty of work yet to be done to become one of the elite eight.

And beyond 2015, there is still a lot of tennis left in the tank for the former Wimbledon finalist, who has won 15 career WTA titles. Only in her mid-20s, will her revival continue as she seeks continued success and her first major title?