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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "choose between my physical condition and my world standing" as the race carries on for a position in next January's Australian Open primary competition.

While the standard WTA Tour competitive period is over, there are still standing points to be won in Chile, neighboring countries, Ecuador and European destinations.

The female participant roster for the first Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be determined by the world rankings of early December, which could create a difficult choice for competitors close to the cut.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British number one Boulter experienced an hip muscle in her final event of the year in Asian venues last month, and is now considering whether to participate in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in French locations, the European nation, in the opening days of December.

The athlete's recent injury, and the fact she would need to secure at least several wins in the French tournament to boost her standing, means she may likely end up not playing.

Varying Approaches

In opposition, male athletes are not experiencing the identical situation, as for the initial instance the male Australian Open participant roster will be established from present week's rankings, which is the ATP's formal season-concluding position determination.

The adjustment is intended to discouraging competitors from seeking position points during what is fundamentally the rest interval.

Coaching Changes

This period has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She achieved merely 14 professional primary competition contests and lately separated with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended partnership in which she won three WTA titles.

"Biljana is an incredible trainer, and an exceptionally good individual as well, which produces circumstances extremely hard," Boulter said.

The quest for a different instructor is actively progressing, looking for a professional who has high-level experience as Boulter maintains the belief she can be a top-20 athlete.

Future Goals

"Moving ahead with a new coach, one thing I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be a professional who has a lot of expertise in how to make it to the highest echelon of this profession," she explained.

"I've been positioned as elevated as 23 and I am confident I can climb back to that level. I am not convinced my standard has gone anywhere, I believe the reliability must develop.

"My objective is not to be positioned fifty, forty, 30, 20 - we've been there. The objective is to be inside the top twenty."