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Britain's Katie Boulter says she feels she has to "decide between my physical condition and my ranking" as the competition carries on for a position in next January's Australian Open main draw.

While the typical WTA Tour tournament schedule is completed, there are still ranking points to be earned in Chile, Argentina, various venues and European destinations.

The female participant roster for the opening Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be based on the international positions of 8 December, which could create a difficult choice for players near the cut.

Injury Concerns

Previous British leading competitor Boulter tore an hip muscle in her concluding competition of the year in international locations last month, and is now weighing up whether to play in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in Angers, the European nation, in the opening days of December.

Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the fact she would need to secure at least multiple victories in the French tournament to boost her position, means she may probably ultimately not participating.

Different Systems

In opposition, male players are not confronting the identical predicament, as for the premier occasion the male Australian Open competitor lineup will be drawn up from present week's standings, which is the ATP's standard season-concluding standing calculation.

The modification is aimed at discouraging athletes from pursuing position points during what is basically the rest interval.

Coaching Changes

This period has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She achieved merely 14 elite main-draw games and lately split with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy working relationship in which she secured several WTA titles.

"Biljana is an exceptional trainer, and an exceptionally quality human as well, which creates situations extremely hard," Boulter commented.

The search for a replacement trainer is actively progressing, looking for someone who has elite background as Boulter still believes she can be a elite-level competitor.

Professional Aspirations

"Progressing with a different trainer, one thing I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be a professional who has considerable expertise in how to succeed to the peak performance of this sport," she explained.

"I've been positioned as advanced as 23 and I am confident I can climb back to that position. I don't think my level has diminished, I feel the steadiness must enhance.

"My objective is not to be positioned fifty, 40, 30, twenty - we've accomplished that. The goal is to be within the top twenty."