Top seed Sindhu, a former world champion, got the better of compatriot Ashmita Chaliha 21-7 21-18 in 36 minutes, while Sen rallied his way to a hard-fought 14-21 21-9 21-14 victory over H S Prannoy in another all-Indian quarterfinals.
Banking on his historic World Championship silver's form, India's Kidambi Srikanth moved up 4 spots to enter top 10 places in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.
World No. 3 Sindhu lost 14-21, 15-21 to Chinese world No. 7 He Bingjiao in 37 minutes and it was her sixth loss to the left-handed Chinese shuttler in 11 meetings.
After a 42-minute battle, Srikanth lost 13-21 13-21 to the world no 11 Momota, who registered his 21st consecutive win in Kuala Lumpur.
The third-seeded India duo lost in straight games 17-21 15-21 to their top seed opponents in a 39-minute contest at the Quay Centre Olympic Park Court in Sydney.
Praneeth beat Israel's Misha Zilberman in straight games 21-17, 21-14, Sameer had to toil hard to get the better of New Zealand's Abhinav Manota 13-21, 21-17 and 21-12 in the opening round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.
Sindhu had suffered a sprain on her right ankle while practising on Tuesday but scans showed no injury to the bone or ligament, much to the relief of Indian contingent and fans.
The world No. 3 Indian recovered from a mid-way slump to overcome the Thai shuttler Nitchaon Jindapol 21-13, 13-21 and 21-18 in a match which lasted an hour and seven minutes.
The Olympic silver medallist will now take on World No 11 American Beiwen Zhang in the finals of India Open on Sunday.
Sindhu will next take on Thai third seed Ratchanok Intanon, who knocked out seventh seed Yip Pui Yin 21-11, 21-11 in her last-eight clash.
Coming back after recovering from a shoulder injury, Sameer also dished out an attacking game to see off former World No. 3 and 2014 World Championship bronze medallist Tommy Sugiarto in three games.
Saina, who had clinched the India Open Super Series in 2015, has made a superb start to the new season as she reached the finals of Indonesia Masters after recovering from an ankle injury and she would be one of the favourites this week.
Sindhu won three titles and three silvers last season, while Srikanth exceeded all expectations with four titles and runners-up finish and the duo would hope to continue their good run in the new season.
Srikanth became the first Indian and only fourth men's singles player in the world to win four Super Series titles in a calendar year, said not a few but many players, including him, are capable of winning top tournaments these days.
Srikanth, who decimated Korean veteran Lee Hyun II in a lop-sided final on Sunday at Odense, will open his campaign against England's Rajiv Ouseph, who had reached the quarterfinals at Denmark Open last week.
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