Defending champion Saina Nehwal reached her second consecutive Women's singles final of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold with a straight-game victory over Japan's Minatsu Mitani in the semifinals in Basel, Switzerland Saturday night. The Indian Badminton queen registered a 21-16 21-18 triumph over Mitani in 35 minutes to set up a summit clash with second seed Shixian Wang. Saina, who turned 22 on Saturday, didn't allow the Japanese to come close to her as she opened up a 3-0 lead and kept extending it to pocket the first game. In the second game, Mitani showed some aggression and led 7-3, but Saina caught up with her and then moved ahead to seal the match.In the other semi final, the world number three Chinese beat eighth seed Inthanon Ratchanok of Thailand 21-17 21-15 .