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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "choose between my body and my professional position" as the competition carries on for a spot in next January's Australian Open main event.

While the standard WTA Tour tournament schedule is over, there are still ranking points to be earned in Latin American countries, regional locations, various venues and France.

The female entry list for the initial Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be based on the world rankings of 8 December, which could cause a difficult choice for competitors close to the selection threshold.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British number one Boulter tore an hip muscle in her concluding competition of the year in Hong Kong last period, and is now evaluating whether to participate in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in French locations, France, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the reality she would need to win at least three matches in the French tournament to improve her position, means she may probably end up not competing.

Different Systems

In contrast, male athletes are not experiencing the same predicament, as for the premier occasion the men's Australian Open competitor lineup will be drawn up from this week's rankings, which is the ATP's formal year-end position determination.

The change is designed to preventing athletes from chasing ranking points during what is essentially the break period.

Professional Adjustments

This season has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She achieved merely fourteen professional primary competition games and currently parted ways with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy partnership in which she secured multiple WTA victories.

"Biljana is an outstanding coach, and an exceptionally good individual as well, which creates situations extremely hard," Boulter stated.

The quest for a different instructor is well under way, searching for someone who has high-level experience as Boulter still believes she can be a world-class competitor.

Future Goals

"Moving ahead with a different trainer, a key aspect I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be an individual who has extensive expertise in how to make it to the very top level of this profession," she stated.

"I've been placed as advanced as twenty-three and I believe I can return there. I don't believe my performance has disappeared, I believe the reliability needs to improve.

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