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Saina, seeded eighth in the tournament, needed just 33 minutes to tame Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand 21-7, 21-18 in the quarterfinals.
Sindhu defeated local favourite Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 23-21, 21-7 to make the last-eight stage, while eighth seed Srikanth recorded a clinical 21-14, 21-9 win over Japan's Kenta Nishimoto.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion broke Tiafoe's first service game in each set and with a second break in the third set wrapped up the victory in an hour and 47 minutes.
Fourth seed Marin took the opening game 21-16 and ran away with the second 21-13 to end the Indian challenge.
Saina will face a tough test next when she faces three-time world champion Carolina Marin of Spain on Saturday.
The Aces' fate depends on the outcome of the Warriors and the Raptors matches.
With the scores level at 12-12, Sameer Verma had to dig deep into his reserves to enforce a decider.
Pune captain and icon player Carolina Marin couldn't find her sharpness in the initial stages of the match.
Kidambi Srikanth notched up a thrilling win over Ajay Jayaram as Bengaluru Raptors edged out Pune 7 Aces 4-3 in a Premier Badminton League match.
The Pune charge was led by Vladimir Ivanov and Line Kjaersfeldt each of whom brought home a couple of wins to help the debutants get their first ever victory.