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Britain's Katie Boulter says she feels she has to "decide between my physical health and my professional position" as the competition persists for a place in January's Australian Open primary competition.

While the regular WTA Tour competitive period is over, there are still position points to be earned in Chile, regional locations, multiple sites and European destinations.

The female competitor lineup for the first Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be based on the international positions of the December cutoff, which could cause a difficult choice for players approaching the selection threshold.

Physical Setbacks

Former British top-ranked player Boulter suffered an hip muscle in her final event of the year in Asian venues last timeframe, and is now considering whether to play in the WTA 125 development competition in Angers, the continental destination, in the initial week of December.

The athlete's current physical issue, and the situation she would need to achieve at least multiple victories in the French tournament to improve her ranking, means she may likely end up not playing.

Contrasting Methods

In contrast, male athletes are not confronting the equivalent situation, as for the initial instance the male Australian Open entry list will be created from this week's rankings, which is the ATP's standard annual-final ranking date.

The modification is intended to deterring competitors from seeking ranking points during what is fundamentally the off-season.

Coaching Changes

This period has been a demanding one for Boulter.

She secured just fourteen professional main-draw contests and currently parted ways with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy partnership in which she won multiple WTA titles.

"Biljana is an outstanding instructor, and an remarkably good human as well, which creates situations very difficult," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a new instructor is actively progressing, looking for an individual who has high-level background as Boulter still believes she can be a world-class athlete.

Career Objectives

"Progressing with a new coach, one thing I'm very clear on is that they are going to be a professional who has considerable knowledge in how to advance to the peak performance of this game," she said.

"I've been positioned as elevated as twenty-three and I am confident I can climb back to that position. I am not convinced my performance has diminished, I believe the steadiness should develop.

"My objective is not to be positioned 50, forty, 30, twenty - we've achieved that. The goal is to be within the elite group."