A 13-member team, comprising seven men and six women, was on Wednesday selected by the Badminton Association of India [ Images ] to participate in the Li Ning China Masters Super Series tournament to be held in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China from September 13-18.

The eight-member selection committee, with BAI president Dr Akhilesh Dasgupta as its chairman, also selected the teams for the subsequent Yonex Japan [ Images ] Open Super Series event in Tokyo from September 20-25 and the preceding Yonex Chinese Taipei Open in Taiwan from September 6-11.

The other members of the selection panel are: Pradeep Gandhe, TPS Puri, P Gopichand, Abhin Shyam Gupta, Madhumita Bisht, Vimal Kumar and Dr Vijai Sinha, the convernor and BAI general secretary.

The teams would have a short camp at Bangalore and Hyderabad prior to taking part in these tournaments, according to Dr Sinha.

The teams:

Yonex Chines Taipei Open (Sep 6-11):

MEN:

1. Ajay Jayram (PSPB)

2. Manuu Attri (U.P.)

3. Jishnu Sanyal (A.I.)

WOMEN:

1. Aditi Mutatkar [ Images ] (PSPB)

2. PC Thulasi (KER)

COACH:

1. Siddharth Jain, National Coach (Tamil Nadu).

Li Ning China Masters (Sep 13-18):

MEN:

1. P Kashyap(PSPB)

2. Ajay Jayram (PSPB)

3. RMV Gurusaidutt(PSPB)

4. Anand Pawar (AI)

5. Sanave Thomas [ Images ] (KER)

6. Rupesh Kumar [ Images ] (PSPB)

7. V Diju (PSPB)

WOMEN:

1. Saina Nehwal [ Images ] (PSPB)

2. Jwala Gutta [ Images ] (PSPB)

3. Ashwani Ponappa (PSPB)

4. PC Tulasi (KER)

5. Arundhati Patwane (MAH)

6. Aditi Mutatkar (PSPB)

COACH:

1. Madhumita Bisht, Coach (Ex International Player), New Delhi [ Images ].

2. Edwin Iriwan, Foreign Coach.

SUPPORTING STAFF:

1. Dr Kiran Challagundla, Physio (AP)

2. G Srinivas Rao Masseur (AP)

Yonex Japan Open (Sep 20-25):

MEN:

1. P Kashyap(PSPB)

2. Ajay Jayram (PSPB)

3. R M V Gurusaidutt(PSPB)

4. Anand Pawar (AI)

5. Sanave Thomas (KER)

6. Rupesh Kumar (PSPB)

7. V. Diju (PSPB)

WOMEN:

1. Saina Nehwal (PSPB)

2. Jwala Gutta (PSPB)

3. Ashwani Ponappa (PSPB)

4. P C Tulasi (KER)

5. Arundhati Patwane (MAH)

COACH:

1. Madhumita Bisht, Coach (Ex. International Player), New Delhi.

2. Edwin Iriwan, Foreign Coach.