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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "decide between my physical condition and my ranking" as the scramble carries on for a position in January's Australian Open primary competition.

While the regular WTA Tour tournament schedule is finished, there are still standing points to be gained in South American nations, regional locations, multiple sites and international tournaments.

The female competitor lineup for the opening Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be determined by the global standings of the December cutoff, which could present a challenging situation for competitors approaching the qualification line.

Physical Setbacks

Previous British number one Boulter tore an abductor in her last tournament of the year in international locations last period, and is now considering whether to play in the WTA 125 development competition in Angers, the continental destination, in the opening days of December.

The athlete's recent injury, and the fact she would need to achieve at least three matches in Angers to enhance her position, means she may probably eventually not participating.

Different Systems

In contrast, male players are not experiencing the same predicament, as for the premier occasion the men's Australian Open participant roster will be created from present week's rankings, which is the ATP's standard season-concluding standing calculation.

The change is intended to discouraging competitors from chasing standing points during what is fundamentally the rest interval.

Training Transitions

This year has been a demanding one for Boulter.

She won only fourteen professional major tournament contests and lately parted ways with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy collaboration in which she secured three WTA victories.

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

The search for a different instructor is currently ongoing, seeking a professional who has elite background as Boulter continues to think she can be a world-class competitor.

Career Objectives

"Moving ahead with a different trainer, an important factor I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be a professional who has a lot of knowledge in how to make it to the peak performance of this sport," she explained.

"I've been placed as advanced as 23 and I am confident I can get back there. I am not convinced my performance has disappeared, I think the consistency needs to enhance.

"My goal is not merely to be ranked fifty, forty, 30, 20 - we've accomplished that. The objective is to be inside the top twenty."