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Srikanth and Priyanshu Rajawat lost in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals, while the doubles pair of M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila too bowed out.
Lakshya downed Leong Jun Hao of Malaysia 21-19, 21-11 in the quarterfinals.
The Indian ace shuttlers had a shocking early exit in the Super 300 event in Basel.
India lost 2-3 to China in the semifinals in Dubai on Saturday.
Arjun also remained unbeaten through the nine rounds and finished half-a-point ahead of Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov.
Kiran George gave top seed Chen Tien Chou of Chinese Taipei a scare before losing 21-23, 21-16, 7-21 in the second round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.
After defeating the Norwegian superstar in the Blitz event that preceded the Classical section, Anand claimed the victory in a thrilling Armageddon (sudden death game) after the regular match ended in a 40-move draw.
World No. 7 Sindhu was off colour for the second consecutive day as she squandered a game lead to go down 21-18, 17-21, 12-21 to Intanon, ranked eighth, in a 59-minute first women's singles match.
Only Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty could manage a win in the tie as they beat He Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong 21-14 21-14.
The absence of double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu, London Games bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy hurt India's chances.