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British Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "pick between my physical health and my ranking" as the scramble continues for a spot in January's Australian Open main event.

While the standard WTA Tour season is completed, there are still ranking points to be earned in Latin American countries, neighboring countries, Ecuador and France.

The female participant roster for the opening Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be determined by the world rankings of the December cutoff, which could create a challenging situation for competitors close to the qualification line.

Injury Concerns

Ex- British number one Boulter experienced an abductor in her last tournament of the year in international locations last timeframe, and is now weighing up whether to play in the WTA 125 development competition in European venues, the European nation, in the first week of December.

Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the fact she would need to achieve at least multiple victories in the European event to improve her standing, means she may well end up not playing.

Varying Approaches

In opposition, male athletes are not facing the identical predicament, as for the initial instance the male Australian Open entry list will be created from current week's rankings, which is the ATP's official year-end ranking date.

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

Coaching Changes

This year has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She won only fourteen professional primary competition games and currently parted ways with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a three-year collaboration in which she captured several WTA victories.

"Biljana is an incredible coach, and an exceptionally quality human as well, which makes things particularly challenging," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a new coach is currently ongoing, searching for someone who has high-level expertise as Boulter still believes she can be a world-class competitor.

Future Goals

"Going forward with a replacement instructor, an important factor I'm very clear on is that they are going to be someone who has considerable experience in how to succeed to the highest echelon of this profession," she said.

"I've been placed as advanced as twenty-three and I believe I can return to that level. I don't believe my level has diminished, I believe the reliability must improve.

"My aim is not simply to be placed fifty, forty, 30, 20 - we've achieved that. The aim is to be among the top twenty."