Former world number one Saina lost in the quarterfinals in Hong Kong Open Super Series and Macau Open Grand Prix Gold tournaments after her surgery.
"I am recovering well, I played two tournaments and reached quarterfinals and that was just the starting. I would say after the rehabilitation, I just played for 2-3 weeks and I just wanted to test myself how good I am at that stage and although I knew I was not 100 per cent fit, I wanted to come back and play with highest level players," Saina told PTI in an interaction here.
"That's what he was telling me. He was little bit more careful and he was telling me not to play these tournaments. He was like just take your time and recover, come back stronger.
"But I wanted to play because it was a while since I did not play any tournament and I was getting little bored. I just wanted to see how I am playing. I knew somewhere in my heart I (was) not going to win the tournaments, but I wanted to try my best. These were the year-ending tournaments, last two and I thought I would just play, because the next tournament is only in March and there could be a gap," she added.
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She said the next season should be good as she would attain full fitness by then.
"I was very happy with my performance after coming back from such surgery and playing two quarterfinals with such little fitness. I am happy to beat a couple of world class players in both the tournaments.
"I need some more time to be fully fit and I am sure the next season will be good, when I come back with full fitness. I am sure with the kind of fitness, I will get back again and performances will start getting better," she added.
She said the 11-point games which will be played in Premier Badminton League would be an innovative idea.
"PBL is a league, we can't compare it with Super Series and big level tournaments. So, the competition will be good, 11 points, it is a different thing, which we have not played.
"Everything (including PBL) will only help me improve my fitness and the match practice because I will be playing with top players in all the tournaments. In PBL, Carolina (Marin) of Spain will be there, so it will be a tough competition. All these higher level players will be there, good to get these matches before big events," the Olympic bronze medallist said.
On her partnership with Hauvei and Honor, she said, "Honor company, this if the first time I am seeing companies from private sector coming forward and supporting sports so much. We now have companies like Honor, who are coming forward and supporting the sports.