Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal today lost to sixth placed Chinese player Xuerui Li 12-21, 15-21 in the Women's Singles final of China Open Superseries Premier Badminton tournament at Fuzhou. The top seed and defending champion Saina and Li, the reigning Olympic champion have met 12 times against each other. Saina has won just 2 of those games. This was Saina's fifth final of the year.