🔗 Share this article Physical Health or World Standing - Boulter's Melbourne Grand Slam Dilemma Katie Boulter has fallen from 23rd to 100th in the global standings in the current season Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "decide between my physical health and my world standing" as the scramble continues for a spot in the upcoming January Australian Open main event. While the standard WTA Tour competitive period is completed, there are still standing points to be gained in Chile, regional locations, various venues and France. The women's participant roster for the first Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be based on the world rankings of 8 December, which could create a challenging situation for competitors approaching the qualification line. Health Challenges Former British leading competitor Boulter suffered an abductor in her last tournament of the year in Hong Kong last period, and is now considering whether to play in the WTA 125 development competition in Angers, the continental destination, in the first week of December. Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the situation she would need to achieve at least multiple victories in the French tournament to enhance her ranking, means she may probably end up not participating. Contrasting Methods In contrast, men's competitors are not experiencing the equivalent predicament, as for the premier occasion the men's Australian Open competitor lineup will be drawn up from current week's standings, which is the ATP's standard year-end position determination. The modification is designed to preventing athletes from pursuing ranking points during what is essentially the rest interval. Training Transitions This season has been a challenging one for Boulter. She secured just fourteen professional major tournament games and currently split with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a three-year partnership in which she secured several WTA victories. "Biljana is an exceptional trainer, and an remarkably quality human as well, which creates situations extremely hard," Boulter said. The quest for a new instructor is actively progressing, seeking someone who has high-level expertise as Boulter maintains the belief she can be a elite-level competitor. Career Objectives "Progressing with a different trainer, an important factor I'm very clear on is that they are going to be a professional who has considerable experience in how to advance to the highest echelon of this game," she stated. "I've been ranked as advanced as 23 and I am confident I can climb back to that position. I don't believe my level has gone anywhere, I believe the reliability needs to develop. "My objective is not to be ranked 50, 40, thirty, twenty - we've accomplished that. The goal is to be among 20."