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British Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "pick between my physical health and my ranking" as the race carries on for a place in next January's Australian Open main draw.

While the regular WTA Tour tournament schedule is over, there are still ranking points to be won in South American nations, neighboring countries, multiple sites and France.

The women's competitor lineup for the opening Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be determined by the world rankings of the December cutoff, which could cause a challenging situation for competitors close to the cut.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British top-ranked player Boulter suffered an abductor in her last tournament of the year in international locations last timeframe, and is now considering whether to participate in the WTA 125 Challenger event in Angers, the European nation, in the opening days of December.

The athlete's current physical issue, and the reality she would need to achieve at least multiple victories in the French tournament to enhance her position, means she may likely ultimately not participating.

Varying Approaches

In opposition, male players are not experiencing the equivalent dilemma, as for the initial instance the men's Australian Open competitor lineup will be established from this week's positions, which is the ATP's formal season-concluding ranking date.

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

Professional Adjustments

This period has been a demanding one for Boulter.

She achieved merely 14 professional major tournament games and currently parted ways with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a extended partnership in which she secured several WTA championships.

"Biljana is an incredible coach, and an extremely quality individual as well, which creates situations very difficult," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a replacement coach is actively progressing, seeking someone who has elite expertise as Boulter still believes she can be a world-class competitor.

Future Goals

"Moving ahead with a new coach, an important factor I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be someone who has considerable knowledge in how to advance to the very top level of this game," she said.

"I've been positioned as advanced as 23 and I believe I can get back to that position. I don't believe my performance has disappeared, I believe the consistency must develop.

"My goal is not merely to be placed fifty, 40, 30, 20 - we've achieved that. The objective is to be within the elite group."