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British Katie Boulter says she feels she has to "pick between my body and my professional position" as the scramble continues for a spot in the upcoming January Australian Open main draw.

While the regular WTA Tour season is completed, there are still position points to be won in Chile, neighboring countries, multiple sites and France.

The women's entry list for the first Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the global standings of the December cutoff, which could create a difficult choice for competitors near the selection threshold.

Health Challenges

Previous British top-ranked player Boulter experienced an hip muscle in her concluding competition of the year in Hong Kong last timeframe, and is now weighing up whether to participate in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in European venues, France, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's current physical issue, and the fact she would need to win at least several wins in the European event to boost her ranking, means she may well eventually not participating.

Different Systems

In contrast, men's competitors are not confronting the same situation, as for the premier occasion the men's Australian Open competitor lineup will be established from current week's rankings, which is the ATP's official season-concluding standing calculation.

The adjustment is intended to deterring players from chasing position points during what is basically the rest interval.

Professional Adjustments

This season has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She achieved merely fourteen professional primary competition matches and currently separated with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended collaboration in which she won multiple WTA titles.

"Biljana is an incredible trainer, and an remarkably good individual as well, which makes things particularly challenging," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a new trainer is well under way, seeking a professional who has high-level expertise as Boulter maintains the belief she can be a elite-level player.

Professional Aspirations

"Moving ahead with a new coach, one thing I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be someone who has considerable expertise in how to advance to the peak performance of this profession," she said.

"I've been placed as high as twenty-three and I know I can return to that position. I don't believe my level has diminished, I believe the consistency needs to develop.

"My aim is not merely to be positioned 50, 40, thirty, 20 - we've accomplished that. The goal is to be among 20."