Body or Ranking - Boulter's Melbourne Grand Slam Predicament

Britain's Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "choose between my physical condition and my world standing" as the race persists for a place in the upcoming January Australian Open primary competition.

While the typical WTA Tour tournament schedule is over, there are still position points to be gained in Latin American countries, neighboring countries, multiple sites and France.

The female competitor lineup for the opening Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be determined by the world rankings of early December, which could cause a difficult choice for competitors near the selection threshold.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British leading competitor Boulter experienced an groin injury in her final event of the year in international locations last month, and is now weighing up whether to compete in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in French locations, the continental destination, in the initial week of December.

The athlete's ongoing health concern, and the reality she would need to achieve at least three matches in the European event to boost her ranking, means she may likely end up not competing.

Different Systems

In contrast, male athletes are not experiencing the same situation, as for the initial instance the men's Australian Open competitor lineup will be drawn up from current week's positions, which is the ATP's standard season-concluding position determination.

The change is aimed at preventing athletes from seeking position points during what is basically the rest interval.

Coaching Changes

This year has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She achieved merely fourteen Tour-level primary competition games and lately separated with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended partnership in which she secured three WTA victories.

"Biljana is an incredible coach, and an exceptionally good individual as well, which produces circumstances very difficult," Boulter said.

The quest for a replacement trainer is actively progressing, seeking an individual who has top-tier background as Boulter maintains the belief she can be a world-class competitor.

Professional Aspirations

"Progressing with a new coach, one thing I'm very clear on is that they are going to be a professional who has considerable experience in how to make it to the very top level of this profession," she said.

"I've been positioned as elevated as twenty-three and I am confident I can climb back to that level. I don't believe my performance has disappeared, I believe the reliability needs to develop.

"My objective is not to be positioned 50, forty, 30, 20 - we've accomplished that. The objective is to be among the elite group."