Precure writers are generally really bad at writing het romance (just look at the mess that is HapCha), and Saki x Mai is super popular even in Japan. This is a show made for the older fans of the series, so I really don't see why they preferred doing something nobody seems to have asked for instead of, y'know, making said older fans happy.
This feels like Witch from Mercury all over again, even if they never promised any same sex relationship in this case. Doesn't help that Bandai is a big player in both shows.
It also doesn't help that official artwork for OtoPre often looks like this:
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