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British Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "pick between my physical condition and my world standing" as the race persists for a position in next January's Australian Open primary competition.

While the regular WTA Tour competitive period is finished, there are still standing points to be won in Chile, neighboring countries, multiple sites and France.

The women's competitor lineup for the opening Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be determined by the international positions of the December cutoff, which could present a difficult choice for athletes close to the qualification line.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British leading competitor Boulter experienced an groin injury in her last tournament of the year in Hong Kong last period, and is now weighing up whether to participate in the WTA 125 development competition in European venues, France, in the opening days of December.

Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the reality she would need to secure at least three matches in the French tournament to boost her position, means she may probably eventually not participating.

Contrasting Methods

In opposition, male athletes are not experiencing the same predicament, as for the initial instance the men's Australian Open participant roster will be created from present week's positions, which is the ATP's standard season-concluding standing calculation.

The modification is intended to discouraging players from chasing standing points during what is fundamentally the off-season.

Training Transitions

This year has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She achieved merely 14 Tour-level main-draw games and currently split with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a three-year collaboration in which she won multiple WTA titles.

"Biljana is an outstanding trainer, and an extremely excellent individual as well, which produces circumstances extremely hard," Boulter commented.

The pursuit for a replacement coach is well under way, looking for a professional who has high-level expertise as Boulter maintains the belief she can be a world-class athlete.

Future Goals

"Progressing with a new coach, one thing I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be a professional who has a lot of expertise in how to make it to the very top level of this game," she said.

"I've been positioned as high as 23 and I believe I can get back there. I don't think my performance has gone anywhere, I feel the reliability needs to develop.

"My goal is not simply to be positioned fifty, 40, thirty, twenty - we've achieved that. The objective is to be inside 20."