India's participation will be restricted to men's singles competition which will see shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and Anand Pawar in action for the Tier-II event to be held in Changzhou.
"I will not be playing at the China Masters. For me, Japan will be the next tournament," Saina told PTI.
Badminton Association of India (BAI) vice-president TPS Puri said, "They are not participating in China Masters as they want to recover and train properly before playing in Japan."
The Japan Open Super Series will be held in Tokyo from September 17-22.
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