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British Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "decide between my physical health and my ranking" as the race continues for a place in January's Australian Open main event.

While the regular WTA Tour season is over, there are still position points to be won in Latin American countries, neighboring countries, various venues and international tournaments.

The female competitor lineup for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the global standings of 8 December, which could create a dilemma for players approaching the cut.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British leading competitor Boulter tore an hip muscle in her last tournament of the year in international locations last month, and is now evaluating whether to participate in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in European venues, the European nation, in the opening days of December.

Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the reality she would need to secure at least multiple victories in Angers to improve her position, means she may probably ultimately not competing.

Varying Approaches

In comparison, male athletes are not confronting the equivalent situation, as for the premier occasion the male Australian Open competitor lineup will be created from current week's rankings, which is the ATP's formal season-concluding position determination.

The change is aimed at preventing competitors from pursuing position points during what is fundamentally the rest interval.

Training Transitions

This season has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She secured just 14 professional primary competition contests and recently separated with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a extended partnership in which she captured several WTA titles.

"Biljana is an outstanding instructor, and an exceptionally good individual as well, which produces circumstances extremely hard," Boulter commented.

The pursuit for a replacement instructor is currently ongoing, looking for an individual who has top-tier expertise as Boulter maintains the belief she can be a world-class player.

Career Objectives

"Moving ahead with a replacement instructor, a key aspect I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be an individual who has considerable knowledge in how to succeed to the highest echelon of this sport," she said.

"I've been placed as advanced as twenty-three and I know I can climb back to that position. I don't think my level has disappeared, I think the consistency must develop.

"My aim is not simply to be ranked 50, 40, thirty, twenty - we've achieved that. The objective is to be within the elite group."