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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "decide between my physical health and my professional position" as the competition persists for a position in January's Australian Open main event.

While the typical WTA Tour competitive period is over, there are still position points to be won in Chile, neighboring countries, various venues and France.

The female participant roster for the first Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the global standings of 8 December, which could create a dilemma for athletes close to the qualification line.

Injury Concerns

Previous British number one Boulter suffered an groin injury in her last tournament of the year in Hong Kong last timeframe, and is now evaluating whether to play in the WTA 125 Challenger event in French locations, the continental destination, in the first week of December.

The athlete's current physical issue, and the situation she would need to secure at least multiple victories in the French tournament to enhance her standing, means she may well end up not competing.

Varying Approaches

In contrast, men's competitors are not confronting the identical dilemma, as for the initial instance the men's Australian Open competitor lineup will be created from current week's positions, which is the ATP's official annual-final standing calculation.

The adjustment is designed to discouraging players from pursuing standing points during what is basically the break period.

Professional Adjustments

This period has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She achieved merely fourteen Tour-level main-draw matches and currently separated with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy collaboration in which she captured several WTA titles.

"Biljana is an incredible instructor, and an remarkably good human as well, which produces circumstances very difficult," Boulter said.

The quest for a different instructor is currently ongoing, looking for an individual who has high-level expertise as Boulter maintains the belief she can be a elite-level competitor.

Career Objectives

"Progressing with a new coach, an important factor I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be someone who has a lot of experience in how to advance to the peak performance of this profession," she stated.

"I've been ranked as advanced as 23 and I know I can get back there. I don't think my performance has gone anywhere, I believe the reliability must improve.

"My goal is not to be placed fifty, forty, thirty, twenty - we've accomplished that. The goal is to be within 20."