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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 continues for a spot in the upcoming January Australian Open main draw.

While the typical WTA Tour competitive period is completed, there are still standing points to be gained in Latin American countries, regional locations, multiple sites and France.

The women's participant roster for the first Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be calculated from the world rankings of the December cutoff, which could cause a difficult choice for athletes near the selection threshold.

Health Challenges

Previous British leading competitor Boulter tore an abductor in her final event of the year in Asian venues last period, and is now evaluating whether to play in the WTA 125 Challenger event in European venues, France, in the first week of December.

The athlete's current physical issue, and the reality she would need to secure at least multiple victories in the European event to enhance her ranking, means she may likely ultimately not participating.

Varying Approaches

In contrast, male athletes are not facing the equivalent dilemma, as for the first time the men's Australian Open competitor lineup will be established from current week's standings, which is the ATP's formal year-end position determination.

The change is intended to discouraging athletes from pursuing standing points during what is fundamentally the rest interval.

Professional Adjustments

This year has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She achieved merely fourteen elite primary competition contests and lately parted ways with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a three-year collaboration in which she secured several WTA titles.

"Biljana is an outstanding trainer, and an remarkably quality person as well, which creates situations particularly challenging," Boulter commented.

The pursuit for a new trainer is well under way, seeking someone who has elite experience as Boulter continues to think she can be a elite-level player.

Future Goals

"Going forward with a replacement instructor, an important factor I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be someone who has a lot of expertise in how to advance to the very top level of this game," she said.

"I've been ranked as advanced as twenty-three and I know I can get back there. I am not convinced my performance has diminished, I believe the consistency needs to improve.

"My aim is not merely to be positioned 50, 40, 30, 20 - we've accomplished that. The goal is to be within the top twenty."