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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "pick between my physical health and my world standing" as the competition carries on for a spot in the upcoming January Australian Open main draw.

While the standard WTA Tour tournament schedule is completed, there are still position points to be gained in South American nations, regional locations, multiple sites and international tournaments.

The female participant roster for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the global standings of early December, which could create a difficult choice for athletes close to the qualification line.

Health Challenges

Previous British top-ranked player Boulter tore an groin injury in her final event of the year in international locations last period, and is now weighing up whether to compete in the WTA 125 Challenger event in European venues, the continental destination, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the situation she would need to win at least multiple victories in the French tournament to boost her position, means she may well ultimately not playing.

Different Systems

In contrast, male athletes are not confronting the equivalent dilemma, as for the initial instance the male Australian Open participant roster will be created from this week's positions, which is the ATP's official season-concluding standing calculation.

The change is designed to preventing competitors from seeking position points during what is essentially the off-season.

Coaching Changes

This period has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She achieved merely 14 professional major tournament contests and lately split with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a extended collaboration in which she secured several WTA championships.

"Biljana is an exceptional instructor, and an remarkably quality person as well, which creates situations very difficult," Boulter said.

The pursuit for a replacement instructor is currently ongoing, looking for a professional who has top-tier background as Boulter still believes she can be a world-class competitor.

Career Objectives

"Moving ahead with a replacement instructor, a key aspect I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be a professional who has extensive knowledge in how to succeed to the peak performance of this game," she stated.

"I've been placed as advanced as 23 and I believe I can climb back to that position. I am not convinced my performance has diminished, I feel the steadiness must develop.

"My objective is not to be ranked 50, 40, 30, twenty - we've accomplished that. The aim is to be inside the top twenty."