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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "decide between my body and my world standing" as the scramble carries on for a spot in next January's Australian Open main draw.

While the regular WTA Tour competitive period is over, there are still ranking points to be won in Latin American countries, regional locations, various venues and France.

The female participant roster for the first Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be determined by the international positions of 8 December, which could present a challenging situation for players approaching the cut.

Health Challenges

Previous British top-ranked player Boulter tore an hip muscle in her last tournament of the year in Hong Kong last period, and is now weighing up whether to play in the WTA 125 Challenger event in European venues, the European nation, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the situation she would need to achieve at least several wins in Angers to boost her ranking, means she may well ultimately not competing.

Different Systems

In contrast, men's competitors are not confronting the identical dilemma, as for the first time the men's Australian Open entry list will be created from this week's rankings, which is the ATP's official year-end standing calculation.

The change is intended to discouraging competitors from pursuing position points during what is essentially the rest interval.

Professional Adjustments

This year has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She secured just 14 Tour-level primary competition contests and lately separated with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a three-year collaboration in which she secured multiple WTA victories.

"Biljana is an exceptional instructor, and an exceptionally good person as well, which produces circumstances particularly challenging," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a new coach is currently ongoing, looking for an individual who has elite background as Boulter still believes she can be a world-class athlete.

Future Goals

"Going forward with a replacement instructor, a key aspect I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be an individual who has a lot of knowledge in how to succeed to the peak performance of this profession," she stated.

"I've been placed as advanced as twenty-three and I am confident I can get back to that position. I don't think my level has disappeared, I think the consistency should enhance.

"My objective is not simply to be placed 50, forty, thirty, 20 - we've achieved that. The goal is to be among the elite group."