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Britain's Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "choose between my body and my ranking" as the race persists for a position in next January's Australian Open main event.

While the typical WTA Tour competitive period is over, there are still ranking points to be won in Chile, neighboring countries, Ecuador and international tournaments.

The women's participant roster for the opening Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the world rankings of the December cutoff, which could present a difficult choice for competitors near the selection threshold.

Physical Setbacks

Former British top-ranked player Boulter suffered an abductor in her final event of the year in Asian venues last period, and is now considering whether to play in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in French locations, France, in the first week of December.

Boulter's current physical issue, and the reality she would need to secure at least three matches in Angers to improve her ranking, means she may probably ultimately not participating.

Different Systems

In comparison, male players are not experiencing the equivalent predicament, as for the premier occasion the men's Australian Open participant roster will be drawn up from present week's positions, which is the ATP's official year-end standing calculation.

The adjustment is designed to preventing athletes from chasing standing points during what is fundamentally the rest interval.

Coaching Changes

This season has been a demanding one for Boulter.

She secured just 14 professional major tournament matches and lately split with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy partnership in which she won several WTA championships.

"Biljana is an outstanding coach, and an exceptionally quality person as well, which creates situations particularly challenging," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a different instructor is well under way, searching for an individual who has elite experience as Boulter still believes she can be a elite-level athlete.

Future Goals

"Progressing with a replacement instructor, an important factor I'm very clear on is that they are going to be a professional who has a lot of experience in how to succeed to the very top level of this game," she explained.

"I've been positioned as high as twenty-three and I know I can return to that position. I don't think my performance has disappeared, I believe the consistency needs to develop.

"My aim is not merely to be positioned 50, forty, 30, twenty - we've accomplished that. The goal is to be within 20."