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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "pick between my physical condition and my world standing" as the scramble continues for a place in January's Australian Open main event.

While the standard WTA Tour season is completed, there are still ranking points to be gained in South American nations, neighboring countries, various venues and European destinations.

The female entry list for the first Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the global standings of 8 December, which could present a challenging situation for players near the selection threshold.

Health Challenges

Ex- British number one Boulter suffered an hip muscle in her final event of the year in international locations last timeframe, and is now considering whether to compete in the WTA 125 Challenger event in European venues, the European nation, in the first week of December.

The athlete's current physical issue, and the reality she would need to win at least several wins in the European event to boost her ranking, means she may well eventually not playing.

Contrasting Methods

In opposition, male athletes are not experiencing the identical predicament, as for the initial instance the men's Australian Open participant roster will be created from this week's positions, which is the ATP's formal annual-final standing calculation.

The modification is intended to preventing competitors from chasing ranking points during what is fundamentally the break period.

Professional Adjustments

This period has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She achieved merely 14 Tour-level main-draw matches and currently split with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a extended collaboration in which she secured several WTA championships.

"Biljana is an exceptional coach, and an exceptionally excellent human as well, which produces circumstances extremely hard," Boulter commented.

The search for a replacement trainer is actively progressing, searching for a professional who has top-tier experience as Boulter continues to think she can be a elite-level competitor.

Professional Aspirations

"Progressing with a different trainer, an important factor I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be an individual who has extensive knowledge in how to succeed to the highest echelon of this profession," she stated.

"I've been ranked as elevated as twenty-three and I know I can climb back to that level. I don't think my level has disappeared, I think the steadiness should develop.

"My goal is not simply to be positioned 50, forty, 30, 20 - we've achieved that. The goal is to be inside the elite group."