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Britain's Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "decide between my physical condition and my ranking" as the competition persists for a spot in next January's Australian Open primary competition.

While the regular WTA Tour tournament schedule is over, there are still ranking points to be won in Chile, Argentina, multiple sites and France.

The women's participant roster for the first Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be based on the global standings of 8 December, which could create a dilemma for athletes close to the cut.

Injury Concerns

Ex- British number one Boulter suffered an hip muscle in her last tournament of the year in international locations last period, and is now evaluating whether to participate in the WTA 125 Challenger event in French locations, the continental destination, in the first week of December.

Boulter's current physical issue, and the situation she would need to secure at least three matches in the European event to boost her standing, means she may probably end up not competing.

Different Systems

In contrast, men's competitors are not confronting the same predicament, as for the premier occasion the men's Australian Open entry list will be established from current week's standings, which is the ATP's standard annual-final position determination.

The adjustment is designed to preventing athletes from chasing standing points during what is basically the rest interval.

Training Transitions

This season has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She secured just fourteen Tour-level major tournament matches and recently separated with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a extended collaboration in which she secured multiple WTA championships.

"Biljana is an outstanding trainer, and an exceptionally excellent human as well, which makes things extremely hard," Boulter stated.

The search for a different trainer is actively progressing, searching for an individual who has top-tier experience as Boulter continues to think she can be a elite-level competitor.

Career Objectives

"Moving ahead with a replacement instructor, an important factor I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be an individual who has considerable experience in how to make it to the peak performance of this profession," she stated.

"I've been positioned as high as twenty-three and I believe I can get back there. I don't believe my performance has disappeared, I think the steadiness needs to enhance.

"My goal is not simply to be placed fifty, forty, 30, 20 - we've achieved that. The goal is to be among the top twenty."