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British Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "choose between my physical health and my world standing" as the competition continues for a place in next January's Australian Open main event.

While the standard WTA Tour competitive period is completed, there are still ranking points to be gained in Chile, neighboring countries, various venues and France.

The women's competitor lineup for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the international positions of the December cutoff, which could cause a dilemma for players close to the selection threshold.

Health Challenges

Former British leading competitor Boulter suffered an hip muscle in her concluding competition of the year in Hong Kong last timeframe, and is now considering whether to compete in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in European venues, the European nation, in the first week of December.

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

Contrasting Methods

In comparison, male players are not facing the identical dilemma, as for the initial instance the men's Australian Open participant roster will be drawn up from this week's standings, which is the ATP's standard season-concluding position determination.

The adjustment is intended to deterring athletes from pursuing standing points during what is essentially the break period.

Professional Adjustments

This season has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She secured just 14 Tour-level main-draw contests and lately separated with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a extended collaboration in which she secured multiple WTA victories.

"Biljana is an outstanding trainer, and an remarkably excellent person as well, which produces circumstances very difficult," Boulter commented.

The search for a new instructor is currently ongoing, searching for someone who has elite experience as Boulter continues to think she can be a top-20 athlete.

Professional Aspirations

"Going forward with a replacement instructor, an important factor I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be a professional who has a lot of experience in how to make it to the peak performance of this game," she explained.

"I've been ranked as high as twenty-three and I believe I can climb back to that position. I don't think my standard has diminished, I feel the consistency must improve.

"My goal is not merely to be ranked 50, 40, thirty, 20 - we've achieved that. The objective is to be inside the top twenty."