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Britain's Katie Boulter says she feels she has to "choose between my physical condition and my world standing" as the competition continues for a place in the upcoming January Australian Open main draw.

While the typical WTA Tour tournament schedule is over, there are still position points to be won in Chile, neighboring countries, various venues and France.

The women's competitor lineup for the first Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be calculated from the global standings of the December cutoff, which could cause a difficult choice for competitors approaching the selection threshold.

Injury Concerns

Former British number one Boulter experienced an groin injury in her concluding competition of the year in Hong Kong last timeframe, and is now considering whether to participate in the WTA 125 Challenger event in European venues, the European nation, in the initial week of December.

The athlete's ongoing health concern, and the fact she would need to secure at least three matches in the European event to improve her position, means she may probably ultimately not competing.

Contrasting Methods

In contrast, male athletes are not confronting the equivalent predicament, as for the first time the men's Australian Open entry list will be created from this week's standings, which is the ATP's official annual-final position determination.

The adjustment is designed to discouraging athletes from chasing standing points during what is basically the break period.

Coaching Changes

This year has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She achieved merely 14 professional major tournament matches and recently split with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy working relationship in which she won three WTA championships.

"Biljana is an outstanding coach, and an exceptionally quality human as well, which makes things particularly challenging," Boulter commented.

The search for a different instructor is currently ongoing, searching for someone who has top-tier expertise as Boulter still believes she can be a top-20 player.

Future Goals

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

"I've been positioned as elevated as twenty-three and I am confident I can get back to that position. I am not convinced my performance has diminished, I believe the consistency must develop.

"My aim is not merely to be ranked fifty, 40, 30, 20 - we've achieved that. The objective is to be within the top twenty."