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British Katie Boulter says she feels she has to "pick between my physical condition and my professional position" as the scramble continues for a place in January's Australian Open main event.

While the typical WTA Tour season is completed, there are still standing points to be gained in Latin American countries, regional locations, multiple sites and European destinations.

The female entry list for the opening Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the world rankings of the December cutoff, which could create a difficult choice for athletes near the cut.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British number one Boulter tore an hip muscle in her last tournament of the year in Asian venues last period, and is now weighing up whether to play in the WTA 125 Challenger event in French locations, the European nation, in the opening days of December.

The athlete's current physical issue, and the fact she would need to secure at least multiple victories in the European event to enhance her standing, means she may likely ultimately not participating.

Different Systems

In contrast, male players are not experiencing the same predicament, as for the first time the male Australian Open participant roster will be established from current week's rankings, which is the ATP's formal annual-final position determination.

The change is intended to deterring players from chasing ranking points during what is fundamentally the break period.

Professional Adjustments

This year has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She secured just fourteen professional primary competition games and lately parted ways with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended collaboration in which she secured several WTA victories.

"Biljana is an exceptional trainer, and an exceptionally good human as well, which makes things very difficult," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a replacement trainer is well under way, seeking an individual who has high-level experience as Boulter still believes she can be a top-20 player.

Future Goals

"Moving ahead with a replacement instructor, a key aspect I'm very clear on is that they are going to be a professional who has a lot of expertise in how to advance to the very top level of this game," she said.

"I've been positioned as advanced as twenty-three and I know I can climb back there. I am not convinced my level has disappeared, I feel the reliability must improve.

"My goal is not to be ranked 50, 40, thirty, 20 - we've been there. The objective is to be within the top twenty."