In the World Senior Badminton Championship at Kochi, India's Nikhil Kanetkar cruised into Semi finals in +35 category by outwitting his German opponent Hendrik Westermeyer by 21-11, 19-21, 21-10 scores. He will now take on Naruenart Chuaymak of Thailand in his next match. Second seeded Joy Antony of India also made it to Semi finals in +40 category by beating Takuya Yamamoto in straight sets. In +55 category Harjeet Singh of India got better of Sweden's Bengt Mellquist by 21-9, 22-20 scores and entered in Semifinals. Top seeded and defending Champion Stansilav Pukov of Russia defeated India's Abhinn Shyam Gupta by 25-23, 19-21, 21-8 scores.