The Indian star was unable to maintain the form which saw her set-up a last four match with Akane Yamaguchi as the Japanese player dominated proceedings at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin.

Yamaguchi took control of the match by winning the opening game 21-14, before wrapping up the victory by claiming the second 21-9.

The fifth seed is now due face the challenge of world number one Tai Tzu-Ying in the final of the BWF World Superseries event.

The Taiwanese player battled to a 21-14, 17-21, 21-8 win over He Bingjiao of China in her semi-final match.

Kidambi Srikanth progressed to his second straight final of a BWF competition, having won the Denmark Open earlier last week.

He came through a tight semi-final tie against fellow Indian H.S. Prannoy 14-21, 21-19, 21-18.

Srikanth is now scheduled to face Japanese qualifier Kenta Nishimoto as he aims to add to his victories at the Denmark, Indonesia and Australian Opens this year.

Nishimoto continued his impressive form by overcoming Denmark’s Anders Antonsen 21-17, 21-15.

Indonesia’s Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir overcame China’s Zhang Nan and Li Yinhui 21-18, 21-8 in the first mixed doubles semi-final.

They are set face more Chinese opposition in the final following top seeds Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen winning 22-20, 17-21, 21-15 against Denmark's Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen.

Denmark were able to celebrate revenge in the men’s doubles as second seeds Carsten Mogensen and Mathias Boe secured a 21-18, 21-19 triumph over China’s He Jiting and Tan Qiang.

They will face Taiwan’s Lee Jhe-Huei and Lee Yang after they came from behind to beat Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan of China 19-21, 21-13, 21-19.

In the women’s doubles, South Korea’s Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chang cruised to a 21-12, 21-14 win over Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara of Japan.

The pairing will meet Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu after the Indonesian duo earned a shock 21-5, 21-10 win over second seeds Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China.