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Four Indians – P V Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, and Chirag Shetty -- have qualified for the July-August Olympics in Tokyo.
The Singapore Open, a Super 500 event on the BWF World Tour, was the last tournament offering Race To Tokyo ranking points inside the Olympic qualifying window.
Saina and Srikanth's qualification for the Tokyo Games hinged on the Kuala Lumpur event followed by the Singapore Open (June 1-6).
The Malaysian Open, which runs from May 25-30, is one of the final two events where Olympic hopefuls can collect points towards the Race to Tokyo rankings.
Sundar thanked the badminton star for her 'kind words''.
Carolina Marin and world No. 1 Kento Momota will be the top seeds in the Super 500 event to be held in New Delhi from May 11 to 16.
The former national coach added it will be very tough for Saina Nehwal to make it to Tokyo given her recent results.
Ashwini Ponnappa lost in both the women's' doubles and mixed doubles semifinals partnering Sikki Reddy and Dhruv Kapila respectively.
Former world No. 1 Srikanth cut a sorry figure as he went down 19-21, 17-21 to France's Toma Junior Popov in a men's singles quarterfinal.
Sindhu, the Olympic silver medallist, couldn't match the pace, power and precision of her younger world No. 11 rival Chochowong and lost 17-21, 9-21 in a match that lasted 43 minutes.