Andy Murray has decided to end his comeback season early, saying he wants to be "the best shape possible" for the start of the 2019 season.
Britain's former world number one plans to play in the Shenzhen and Beijing tournaments over the next two weeks.
But he will not play in either of the remaining two Masters series events in Shanghai or Paris in October.
Murray hopes reconditioning and "some hard training" and will help him "make some big improvements".
The 31-year-old Scot had hip surgery in January and has only played nine matches this year after returning to the ATP Tour in June.