Dubai: Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and leading male shuttler Kidambi Srikanth lost in their respective semi-finals of the $1,000,000 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Superseries Finals at the Hamdan Sports Complex here Saturday.


Saina Nehwal reacts after losing a point to Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan in the women's singles semis at the World Superseries in Dubai 

While World No 4 Saina was tamed 21-11, 13-21, 9-21 in 55 minutes by World No.9 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei, World No.6 Srikanth was outplayed 18-21, 9-21 in 43 minutes by reigning world champion Chen Long of China.