Saina reached the quarterfinals in Macau Open and Hong Kong Open after recovering from a knee injury which had ended her Olympic dream at Rio Games.
"I had undergone surgery three months back and in fitness there is no miracle. So it will take a bit of time. But I am happy that I could reach the quarterfinals in two tournaments after coming back from rehab and just playing for two weeks on court. So I am happy with the results. I hope by January end I will be in best shape, so lets hope for the best," Saina told reporters.
Saina endured a difficult season this year as she recovered from a foot injury to win the Australian Open but suffered a major knee injury at Rio Games to bow out in the second round.
Talking about the season, Saina said, "It was a good year, but bad also. I had won the Australian Open and then I had to go for surgery. But this is something which happens to sports-persons. What happened was not in my hand. It is in the past. I learnt a lot of things fro that, where I have to get stronger and I am feeling confident about."
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Asked about PV Sindhu's rampaging run at international badminton, Saina said: "I think Indian badminton all over is doing well. I think along with Sindhu, Sameer also reached the finals at Hong Kong Open and all of them are doing extremely well."
A new scoring system of 11-point will be employed at the Premier badminton League starting next month. Asked about it, Saina said: "It is a new experiment and till I play I can't comment on it. 11-point system will be very quick as points are less. It will be interesting to see how it goes."
When asked about it, Saina retorted: "Now what to do? Now I have to play a lot more."
Asked about golf, Saina said: "It is lot different from the sport I play and lot of girls are doing well in this sport even though it is not as popular sport as cricket. I am very happy about it.