India's top pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a narrow 21-18, 21-19 defeat against Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.
The top-seeded Tai Tzu beat Sindhu 21-17 21-13 in an energy-sapping match that lasted 42 minutes.
PV Sindhu reached her third consecutive BWF World Championship final after beating World No. 3 Chen Yufei 21-7 21-14 in the semi-finals.
Saina Nehwal's husband Parupalli Kashyap, who is a badminton player by profession as well, also lashed out at the umpire following the narrow defeat.
PV Sindhu will take on Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-ying in a much-anticipated women's singles quarterfinal contest at the BWF World Championships.
Saina Nehwal lost 21-15 25-27 12-21 against Mia Blichfeldt, seeded 12th, in a marathon women's singles match.
PV Sindhu will once again be the biggest hope as she spearheads the country's challenge at the World Championship which begins in Basel, Switzerland on August 19.
The 23-year-old further asserted that though she gave her 100 per cent in the tournament, she would definitely work on her weak areas.
Saina, the 10th seed, was outclassed by Spanish seventh seed and two-time world champion Carolina Marin.
The former world number one, Saina got the better of Sindhu, the Olympic and World Championship silver medallist 21-17, 27-25 in a pulsating summit clash that lasted 54 minutes.
With this victory, Prannoy had taken a revenge of his defeat in French Open Super Series 2017 where Srikanth got the better of him in the semi-final match.
Birmingham, March 9 : World No.3 shuttler Saina Nehwal of India won a thrilling and tight encounter against former World No.1 Shixian Wang here at the National Indoor Arena Friday to reach the women's singles
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