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

While the standard WTA Tour competitive period is over, there are still position points to be won in South American nations, regional locations, various venues and France.

The women's participant roster for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be based on the international positions of the December cutoff, which could create a difficult choice for athletes approaching the selection threshold.

Injury Concerns

Former British top-ranked player Boulter tore an hip muscle in her concluding competition of the year in Asian venues last period, and is now considering whether to compete in the WTA 125 Challenger event in European venues, the European nation, in the opening days of December.

Boulter's current physical issue, and the fact she would need to win at least three matches in the European event to improve her position, means she may likely ultimately not participating.

Different Systems

In opposition, men's competitors are not confronting the equivalent predicament, as for the first time the men's Australian Open entry list will be drawn up from this week's standings, which is the ATP's standard season-concluding standing calculation.

The modification is designed to discouraging athletes from seeking standing points during what is essentially the rest interval.

Coaching Changes

This year has been a demanding one for Boulter.

She won only 14 professional primary competition matches and lately parted ways with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy working relationship in which she won several WTA championships.

"Biljana is an outstanding trainer, and an remarkably good person as well, which creates situations extremely hard," Boulter stated.

The search for a replacement coach is well under way, looking for someone who has top-tier expertise as Boulter still believes she can be a top-20 athlete.

Professional Aspirations

"Going forward with a replacement instructor, an important factor I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be an individual who has extensive knowledge in how to make it to the highest echelon of this game," she explained.

"I've been placed as advanced as twenty-three and I know I can return there. I don't think my standard has disappeared, I believe the consistency needs to enhance.

"My aim is not to be ranked 50, 40, thirty, 20 - we've achieved that. The aim is to be among the top twenty."