Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "choose between my physical health and my ranking" as the competition carries on for a spot in the upcoming January Australian Open main draw.
While the standard WTA Tour competitive period is over, there are still position points to be gained in South American nations, regional locations, multiple sites and international tournaments.
The female competitor lineup for the first Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be determined by the world rankings of 8 December, which could create a challenging situation for players near the qualification line.
Injury Concerns
Former British top-ranked player Boulter experienced an groin injury in her final event of the year in Hong Kong last period, and is now considering whether to play in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in French locations, the European nation, in the first week of December.
Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the situation she would need to win at least three matches in the French tournament to improve her position, means she may probably end up not competing.
Varying Approaches
In comparison, male players are not experiencing the equivalent situation, as for the premier occasion the male Australian Open entry list will be drawn up from present week's rankings, which is the ATP's official annual-final ranking date.
The change is intended to preventing competitors from pursuing standing points during what is fundamentally the break period.
Professional Adjustments
This year has been a challenging one for Boulter.
She secured just 14 Tour-level primary competition matches and currently split with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended collaboration in which she secured several WTA titles.
"Biljana is an incredible coach, and an extremely good human as well, which creates situations very difficult," Boulter commented.
The pursuit for a replacement coach is actively progressing, looking for an individual who has high-level background as Boulter maintains the belief she can be a elite-level player.
Career Objectives
"Going forward with a replacement instructor, a key aspect I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be an individual who has considerable experience in how to succeed to the very top level of this sport," she stated.
"I've been positioned as elevated as 23 and I am confident I can return to that level. I am not convinced my level has gone anywhere, I feel the consistency must develop.
"My aim is not simply to be positioned 50, 40, 30, 20 - we've achieved that. The goal is to be within the elite group."
