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British Katie Boulter says she feels she has to "decide between my body and my world standing" as the race carries on for a position in the upcoming January Australian Open main event.

While the regular WTA Tour season is over, there are still position points to be gained in Chile, neighboring countries, multiple sites and European destinations.

The women's participant roster for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be based on the international positions of early December, which could cause a difficult choice for players approaching the cut.

Health Challenges

Previous British top-ranked player Boulter suffered an abductor in her concluding competition of the year in Hong Kong last month, and is now evaluating whether to participate in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in Angers, the continental destination, in the first week of December.

Boulter's recent injury, and the reality she would need to achieve at least three matches in the European event to improve her standing, means she may likely eventually not playing.

Varying Approaches

In contrast, male players are not experiencing the identical dilemma, as for the premier occasion the men's Australian Open competitor lineup will be established from present week's positions, which is the ATP's standard season-concluding standing calculation.

The adjustment is aimed at discouraging athletes from pursuing position points during what is fundamentally the rest interval.

Professional Adjustments

This year has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She achieved merely fourteen professional primary competition contests and currently separated with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy collaboration in which she secured three WTA victories.

"Biljana is an incredible instructor, and an extremely excellent individual as well, which creates situations extremely hard," Boulter said.

The pursuit for a new trainer is currently ongoing, searching for someone who has elite experience as Boulter continues to think she can be a world-class player.

Professional Aspirations

"Moving ahead with a new coach, an important factor I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be an individual who has considerable expertise in how to advance to the very top level of this sport," she stated.

"I've been ranked as high as 23 and I believe I can climb back to that position. I don't believe my level has disappeared, I feel the reliability should develop.

"My goal is not simply to be positioned fifty, 40, thirty, twenty - we've achieved that. The aim is to be within 20."