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British Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "choose between my physical condition and my ranking" as the race carries on for a position in the upcoming January Australian Open primary competition.

While the standard WTA Tour season is completed, there are still ranking points to be won in Chile, regional locations, Ecuador and international tournaments.

The female entry list for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be determined by the international positions of 8 December, which could present a dilemma for competitors near the cut.

Physical Setbacks

Previous British top-ranked player Boulter suffered an groin injury in her final event of the year in Asian venues last month, and is now evaluating whether to participate in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in European venues, the continental destination, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's recent injury, and the fact she would need to secure at least three matches in the French tournament to improve her ranking, means she may well ultimately not competing.

Varying Approaches

In opposition, male athletes are not experiencing the identical situation, as for the initial instance the men's Australian Open entry list will be established from current week's standings, which is the ATP's official annual-final position determination.

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

Training Transitions

This season has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She won only fourteen Tour-level major tournament contests and lately separated with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended working relationship in which she won three WTA titles.

"Biljana is an incredible instructor, and an remarkably excellent person as well, which creates situations extremely hard," Boulter said.

The pursuit for a different trainer is actively progressing, seeking someone who has top-tier experience as Boulter continues to think she can be a world-class athlete.

Future Goals

"Progressing with a new coach, a key aspect I'm very clear on is that they are going to be someone who has a lot of 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 believe I can climb back there. I don't believe my level has disappeared, I feel the reliability must improve.

"My objective is not merely to be positioned 50, 40, 30, twenty - we've been there. The objective is to be within 20."