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Britain's Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "decide between my physical condition and my professional position" as the competition carries on for a position in January's Australian Open main draw.

While the typical WTA Tour tournament schedule is over, there are still ranking points to be gained in Chile, neighboring countries, Ecuador and France.

The female participant roster for the initial Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be calculated from the global standings of early December, which could cause a challenging situation for competitors close to the qualification line.

Health Challenges

Former British leading competitor Boulter tore an groin injury in her final event of the year in Asian venues last period, and is now evaluating whether to participate in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in French locations, the continental destination, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's current physical issue, and the situation she would need to win at least three matches in the European event to boost her position, means she may well eventually not participating.

Varying Approaches

In comparison, male players are not experiencing the identical predicament, as for the initial instance the male Australian Open competitor lineup will be established from present week's rankings, which is the ATP's official year-end ranking date.

The change is aimed at discouraging players from pursuing standing points during what is fundamentally the break period.

Coaching Changes

This period has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She won only 14 elite major tournament games and recently split with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended collaboration in which she captured several WTA titles.

"Biljana is an outstanding instructor, and an remarkably quality person as well, which creates situations extremely hard," Boulter said.

The quest for a new coach is well under way, looking for an individual who has top-tier expertise as Boulter maintains the belief she can be a elite-level competitor.

Career Objectives

"Moving ahead with a different trainer, an important factor I'm very clear on is that they are going to be someone who has a lot of expertise in how to make it to the highest echelon of this game," she explained.

"I've been placed as advanced as twenty-three and I am confident I can return to that level. I don't believe my level has diminished, I feel the steadiness needs to improve.

"My objective is not merely to be ranked fifty, forty, 30, twenty - we've achieved that. The aim is to be among the elite group."