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British Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "pick between my body and my world standing" as the scramble persists for a place in next January's Australian Open primary competition.

While the regular WTA Tour competitive period is completed, there are still ranking points to be won in Chile, regional locations, Ecuador and France.

The female competitor lineup for the opening Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the international positions of the December cutoff, which could cause a dilemma for players close to the selection threshold.

Physical Setbacks

Former British top-ranked player Boulter tore an abductor in her concluding competition of the year in Hong Kong last timeframe, and is now evaluating whether to participate in the WTA 125 Challenger event in European venues, France, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's current physical issue, and the reality she would need to win at least three matches in Angers to improve her standing, means she may probably eventually not playing.

Varying Approaches

In contrast, men's competitors are not confronting the same situation, as for the initial instance the male Australian Open entry list will be drawn up from this week's rankings, which is the ATP's official annual-final position determination.

The adjustment is intended to preventing athletes from chasing ranking points during what is fundamentally the break period.

Professional Adjustments

This period has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She secured just 14 professional primary competition contests and lately split with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy collaboration in which she won multiple WTA championships.

"Biljana is an incredible coach, and an extremely excellent human as well, which creates situations very difficult," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a different trainer is actively progressing, searching for a professional who has top-tier expertise as Boulter maintains the belief she can be a top-20 athlete.

Professional Aspirations

"Progressing with a new coach, an important factor I'm very clear on is that they are going to be someone who has considerable experience in how to advance to the very top level of this profession," she stated.

"I've been placed as advanced as 23 and I am confident I can return to that level. I don't think my standard has disappeared, I think the steadiness must enhance.

"My goal is not merely to be ranked 50, forty, thirty, 20 - we've been there. The objective is to be among the top twenty."