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British Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "pick between my physical condition and my ranking" as the scramble persists for a spot in January's Australian Open main draw.

While the typical WTA Tour tournament schedule is finished, there are still position points to be earned in Latin American countries, neighboring countries, various venues and France.

The women's participant roster for the first Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be calculated from the world rankings of 8 December, which could present a challenging situation for competitors approaching the cut.

Injury Concerns

Ex- British top-ranked player Boulter experienced an groin injury in her final event of the year in international locations last month, and is now evaluating whether to play in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in French locations, the continental destination, in the opening days of December.

The athlete's recent injury, and the fact she would need to win at least multiple victories in the French tournament to boost her ranking, means she may likely eventually not participating.

Different Systems

In contrast, male athletes are not confronting the same predicament, as for the first time the male Australian Open entry list will be drawn up from present week's rankings, which is the ATP's standard season-concluding position determination.

The adjustment is intended to preventing competitors from pursuing standing points during what is fundamentally the rest interval.

Training Transitions

This period has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She won only 14 Tour-level primary competition matches and lately parted ways with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a three-year partnership in which she won several WTA championships.

"Biljana is an outstanding coach, and an extremely excellent person as well, which produces circumstances particularly challenging," Boulter said.

The quest for a replacement trainer is currently ongoing, searching for an individual who has elite background as Boulter continues to think she can be a top-20 athlete.

Professional Aspirations

"Going forward with a different trainer, an important factor I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be a professional who has considerable expertise in how to make it to the very top level of this game," she said.

"I've been placed as advanced as twenty-three and I believe I can get back to that position. I am not convinced my performance has gone anywhere, I think the consistency should develop.

"My objective is not simply to be positioned fifty, forty, thirty, twenty - we've accomplished that. The goal is to be among the elite group."