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British Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "decide between my physical condition and my professional position" as the scramble persists for a position in the upcoming January Australian Open primary competition.

While the regular WTA Tour tournament schedule is completed, there are still ranking points to be earned in Latin American countries, Argentina, multiple sites and France.

The female participant roster for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the world rankings of 8 December, which could create a dilemma for athletes approaching the selection threshold.

Physical Setbacks

Former British number one Boulter experienced an hip muscle in her concluding competition of the year in Hong Kong last period, and is now weighing up whether to compete in the WTA 125 Challenger event in French locations, France, in the opening days of December.

Boulter's recent injury, and the situation she would need to secure at least multiple victories in the French tournament to enhance her ranking, means she may probably end up not playing.

Different Systems

In opposition, men's competitors are not experiencing the identical predicament, as for the premier occasion the male Australian Open competitor lineup will be created from this week's standings, which is the ATP's standard season-concluding position determination.

The modification is designed to deterring competitors from pursuing ranking points during what is essentially the break period.

Coaching Changes

This period has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She achieved merely 14 Tour-level major tournament matches and lately split with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a three-year collaboration in which she secured three WTA victories.

"Biljana is an exceptional trainer, and an exceptionally quality human as well, which creates situations particularly challenging," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a replacement trainer is well under way, looking for a professional who has high-level expertise as Boulter still believes she can be a top-20 competitor.

Career Objectives

"Going forward with a new coach, an important factor I'm very clear on is that they are going to be an individual who has extensive expertise in how to make it to the peak performance of this sport," she said.

"I've been positioned as high as 23 and I am confident I can return to that level. I don't believe my performance has diminished, I feel the consistency needs to improve.

"My objective is not simply to be ranked 50, forty, thirty, 20 - we've accomplished that. The aim is to be inside 20."