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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "decide between my physical health and my professional position" as the competition continues for a position in January's Australian Open primary competition.

While the regular WTA Tour competitive period is completed, there are still standing points to be won in South American nations, regional locations, multiple sites and France.

The female participant roster for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be based on the world rankings of 8 December, which could create a difficult choice for competitors near the selection threshold.

Health Challenges

Ex- British number one Boulter suffered an hip muscle in her final event of the year in Asian venues last month, and is now considering whether to compete in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in Angers, the continental destination, in the opening days of December.

Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the fact she would need to win at least several wins in the European event to improve her standing, means she may probably ultimately not competing.

Different Systems

In comparison, men's competitors are not facing the equivalent predicament, as for the premier occasion the men's Australian Open participant roster will be created from present week's standings, which is the ATP's official annual-final standing calculation.

The modification is intended to preventing competitors from chasing ranking points during what is essentially the rest interval.

Professional Adjustments

This year has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She won only fourteen Tour-level primary competition contests and recently parted ways with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended working relationship in which she won three WTA championships.

"Biljana is an outstanding trainer, and an remarkably quality person as well, which makes things extremely hard," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a new trainer is well under way, looking for an individual who has top-tier experience as Boulter continues to think she can be a elite-level athlete.

Career Objectives

"Going forward with a replacement instructor, one thing I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be someone who has extensive knowledge in how to make it to the very top level of this profession," she explained.

"I've been positioned as advanced as 23 and I believe I can get back to that position. I am not convinced my level has gone anywhere, I believe the consistency should improve.

"My goal is not to be positioned 50, 40, 30, twenty - we've been there. The goal is to be within the top twenty."