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British Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "choose between my physical condition and my professional position" as the scramble continues for a spot in January's Australian Open main event.

While the regular WTA Tour competitive period is completed, there are still position points to be won in Latin American countries, Argentina, multiple sites and international tournaments.

The women's participant roster for the initial Grand Slam of the 2026 season will be calculated from the global standings of early December, which could cause a difficult choice for players close to the qualification line.

Physical Setbacks

Ex- British leading competitor Boulter suffered an groin injury in her final event of the year in international locations last month, and is now considering whether to participate in the WTA 125 Challenger event in European venues, the European nation, in the first week of December.

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

Different Systems

In opposition, male athletes are not experiencing the equivalent dilemma, as for the first time the male Australian Open competitor lineup will be created from this week's standings, which is the ATP's formal year-end standing calculation.

The adjustment is designed to preventing players from chasing position points during what is essentially the off-season.

Professional Adjustments

This period has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She secured just fourteen Tour-level major tournament contests and currently separated with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a three-year partnership in which she won several WTA titles.

"Biljana is an incredible trainer, and an extremely good individual as well, which makes things particularly challenging," Boulter commented.

The quest for a replacement instructor is actively progressing, searching for someone who has elite expertise as Boulter continues to think she can be a world-class competitor.

Career Objectives

"Moving ahead with a replacement instructor, an important factor I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be an individual who has extensive experience in how to succeed to the highest echelon of this profession," she explained.

"I've been placed as elevated as twenty-three and I believe I can climb back to that position. I am not convinced my performance has diminished, I feel the steadiness needs to develop.

"My goal is not to be positioned fifty, forty, thirty, twenty - we've achieved that. The aim is to be within the elite group."