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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 place in the upcoming January Australian Open primary competition.

While the typical WTA Tour competitive period is completed, there are still ranking points to be won in South American nations, regional locations, Ecuador and international tournaments.

The female entry list for the first Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be based on the international positions of the December cutoff, which could present a challenging situation for athletes near the selection threshold.

Injury Concerns

Previous British top-ranked player Boulter experienced an abductor in her concluding competition of the year in Asian venues last period, and is now evaluating whether to participate in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in European venues, France, in the opening days of December.

Boulter's recent injury, and the fact she would need to achieve at least multiple victories in Angers to enhance her ranking, means she may probably end up not participating.

Varying Approaches

In comparison, male players are not experiencing the same situation, as for the initial instance the men's Australian Open participant roster will be drawn up from this week's positions, which is the ATP's official annual-final standing calculation.

The change is aimed at discouraging athletes from pursuing standing points during what is essentially the rest interval.

Training Transitions

This period has been a demanding one for Boulter.

She won only fourteen Tour-level primary competition matches and recently parted ways with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended working relationship in which she secured three WTA titles.

"Biljana is an outstanding instructor, and an remarkably excellent person as well, which makes things particularly challenging," Boulter said.

The pursuit for a new instructor is well under way, searching for a professional who has high-level expertise as Boulter continues to think she can be a top-20 athlete.

Future Goals

"Moving ahead with a replacement instructor, an important factor I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be an individual who has considerable experience in how to succeed to the highest echelon of this game," she explained.

"I've been placed as elevated as twenty-three and I am confident I can return to that level. I don't think my performance has disappeared, I think the steadiness needs to develop.

"My goal is not to be positioned 50, 40, thirty, twenty - we've been there. The goal is to be inside the top twenty."