The ATP has issued updates to the 2022 ATP Tour calendar, including cancellation of events in China. However, it has included six additional single-year events for pandemic hit China.
Srikanth will be looking for a turnaround in the tournament as his struggle to emulate his form in 2017 continues.
Currently ranked 9 in the world rankings, Saina has now lost five of her last six tournaments in the opening round itself.
In contrast to these results, the Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa defeated the Canadian pair of Joshua Hurlburt-Yu and Josephine Wu 21-19, 21-19.
Thiem and Tsitsipas went into the match with the Austrian leading 3-2 in their head to head. Thiem had won all but one of his matches here in Beijing in straight sets, while Tsitsipas had needed deciders in two of his matches.
Osaka came into the final on a nine-match winning streak stretching back to Toray Pan Pacific Open last month, winning four of her five matches here in Beijing in straight sets.
In the men's draw, Andy Murray's injury-recovery journey ended with a 6-2, 7-6 (3) loss to the tournament's No 1 seed Dominic Thiem.
Returning from an operation in late January, the 503rd-ranked Murray triumphed in full sets 7-6 (6), 6-7 (4), 6-1 in two hours and 52 minutes.
Sindhu crashed out of the China Open World Tour Super 1000 badminton tournament as she went down fighting to Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong.
The Spanish star player had lost to Tai in their last six matches. She even lost the first game in this particular final.
