Saina Nehwal failed to book a place in the women's singles final of the World Badminton Championships for a second straight time after losing 21-12, 17-21, 10-21 to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the semi-finals in Glasgow on Saturday. Having
defeated Scottish shuttler Kirsty Gilmour 21-19, 18-21, 21-15 in a on Friday, Saina was only one step away from booking a place in Sunday's title clash. PV Sindhu will take on China's Chen Yufei in the other semi-final later in the day.