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British Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "pick between my body and my professional position" as the competition persists for a position in January's Australian Open primary competition.

While the standard WTA Tour season is over, there are still standing points to be earned in Latin American countries, regional locations, Ecuador and European destinations.

The female participant roster for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the world rankings of the December cutoff, which could cause a difficult choice for players near the qualification line.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British leading competitor Boulter suffered an abductor in her last tournament of the year in Hong Kong last timeframe, and is now evaluating whether to play in the WTA 125 development competition in European venues, the continental destination, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's recent injury, and the situation she would need to secure at least multiple victories in the French tournament to enhance her standing, means she may well eventually not playing.

Varying Approaches

In opposition, male athletes are not confronting the identical predicament, as for the initial instance the men's Australian Open participant roster will be created from present week's standings, which is the ATP's official year-end ranking date.

The modification is aimed at preventing athletes from chasing ranking points during what is fundamentally the rest interval.

Professional Adjustments

This period has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She won only 14 Tour-level primary competition games and currently split with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a three-year collaboration in which she secured several WTA titles.

"Biljana is an incredible trainer, and an exceptionally excellent person as well, which makes things extremely hard," Boulter said.

The quest for a new coach is currently ongoing, seeking an individual who has elite expertise as Boulter continues to think she can be a world-class athlete.

Future Goals

"Moving ahead with a new coach, a key aspect I'm very clear on is that they are going to be an individual who has a lot of experience in how to advance to the highest echelon of this profession," she stated.

"I've been ranked as high as twenty-three and I believe I can get back there. I am not convinced my standard has diminished, I think the consistency should develop.

"My aim is not to be positioned fifty, 40, 30, 20 - we've been there. The objective is to be among 20."