After the engagements of Premier Badminton League (PBL), Sindhu decided to skip last week's Malaysia Masters and she will begin her campaign against former Olympic gold medallist China's Li Xuerui on Wednesday.
Saina, who is coming back from an ankle injury, failed to lift the veil of deception put by Tai Tzu and went down 9- 21, 13-21 in 27 minutes in a completely lop-sided final.
Saina, who now leads the head-to-head tie 8-5 against Ratchanok, will play Sunday's final against Chinese Taipei's top-seeded Tai Tzu Ying, who got the better of Chinese eighth seed He Bingjiao 19-21, 21-15, 21-15.
It was the big names from Indian badminton who squared off in the quarterfinals but it was Nehwal who prevailed victorious this time.
Saina Nehwal took 37 minutes to overcome World No.20 Chinese Chen Xiaoxin 21-12, 21-18, while PV Sindhu stream-rolled Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia 21-12, 21-9 in a one-sided contest.
Olympic silver medallist Sindhu didn't sweat much as she dumped local hope Hanna Raramdini 21 -13 21-10.
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.
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