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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "decide between my body and my world standing" as the competition persists for a place in the upcoming January Australian Open main event.

While the standard WTA Tour competitive period is over, there are still standing points to be won in South American nations, Argentina, multiple sites and international tournaments.

The women's competitor lineup for the first Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be calculated from the global standings of the December cutoff, which could present a difficult choice for players close to the cut.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British number one Boulter tore an hip muscle in her final event of the year in international locations last period, and is now considering whether to participate in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in French locations, France, in the initial week of December.

The athlete's ongoing health concern, and the fact she would need to achieve at least several wins in the French tournament to enhance her ranking, means she may well end up not participating.

Contrasting Methods

In opposition, male athletes are not facing the equivalent predicament, as for the first time the male Australian Open participant roster will be created from current week's positions, which is the ATP's formal year-end position determination.

The adjustment is aimed at deterring athletes from pursuing position points during what is basically the rest interval.

Professional Adjustments

This year has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She achieved merely 14 Tour-level primary competition matches and recently split with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy working relationship in which she won several WTA victories.

"Biljana is an incredible trainer, and an remarkably excellent individual as well, which creates situations particularly challenging," Boulter said.

The pursuit for a replacement trainer is well under way, seeking an individual who has elite experience as Boulter continues to think she can be a elite-level athlete.

Professional Aspirations

"Moving ahead with a replacement instructor, one thing I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be a professional who has a lot of expertise in how to make it to the peak performance of this game," she stated.

"I've been placed as elevated as twenty-three and I know I can get back to that level. I don't think my performance has diminished, I believe the consistency must improve.

"My goal is not to be placed 50, forty, thirty, twenty - we've achieved that. The aim is to be within 20."