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Britain's Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "decide between my physical condition and my professional position" as the race persists for a place in next January's Australian Open main draw.

While the regular WTA Tour tournament schedule is over, there are still ranking points to be earned in South American nations, Argentina, Ecuador and international tournaments.

The women's competitor lineup for the initial Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the world rankings of early December, which could present a challenging situation for athletes near the selection threshold.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British number one Boulter tore an abductor in her last tournament of the year in international locations last month, and is now weighing up whether to participate in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in European venues, the European nation, in the initial week of December.

The athlete's current physical issue, and the fact she would need to achieve at least three matches in the French tournament to boost her position, means she may likely ultimately not competing.

Different Systems

In contrast, men's competitors are not confronting the identical predicament, as for the premier occasion the male Australian Open entry list will be created from current week's rankings, which is the ATP's official year-end position determination.

The change is intended to preventing players from seeking position points during what is basically the break period.

Professional Adjustments

This year has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She won only 14 professional main-draw matches and recently separated with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy working relationship in which she captured multiple WTA titles.

"Biljana is an exceptional instructor, and an extremely excellent person as well, which creates situations extremely hard," Boulter commented.

The pursuit for a replacement coach is currently ongoing, seeking someone who has elite expertise as Boulter continues to think she can be a world-class competitor.

Career Objectives

"Going forward with a replacement instructor, an important factor I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be a professional who has extensive experience in how to make it to the peak performance of this sport," she said.

"I've been placed as elevated as 23 and I believe I can return to that position. I am not convinced my standard has disappeared, I feel the reliability needs to enhance.

"My aim is not simply to be ranked 50, 40, 30, 20 - we've been there. The aim is to be among the top twenty."