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Britain's Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "decide between my body and my ranking" as the race carries on for a place in January's Australian Open primary competition.

While the standard WTA Tour tournament schedule is over, there are still ranking points to be won in South American nations, Argentina, various venues and France.

The female participant roster for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be determined by the world rankings of the December cutoff, which could cause a difficult choice for players close to the cut.

Physical Setbacks

Previous British number one Boulter experienced an groin injury in her last tournament of the year in Asian venues last timeframe, and is now considering whether to play in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in Angers, France, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the fact she would need to achieve at least several wins in the French tournament to enhance her ranking, means she may probably eventually not competing.

Different Systems

In comparison, male athletes are not experiencing the identical situation, as for the premier occasion the male Australian Open participant roster will be drawn up from present week's rankings, which is the ATP's formal season-concluding standing calculation.

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

Coaching Changes

This year has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She won only 14 Tour-level major tournament games and recently parted ways with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended collaboration in which she won several WTA championships.

"Biljana is an exceptional coach, and an extremely quality human as well, which produces circumstances particularly challenging," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a different instructor is currently ongoing, seeking someone who has top-tier expertise as Boulter still believes she can be a top-20 athlete.

Professional Aspirations

"Progressing with a new coach, one thing I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be an individual who has considerable experience in how to succeed to the highest echelon of this profession," she stated.

"I've been placed as advanced as twenty-three and I know I can get back there. I am not convinced my standard has gone anywhere, I believe the reliability should improve.

"My aim is not merely to be ranked 50, 40, thirty, twenty - we've been there. The goal is to be within the top twenty."