Both players seemed fated to see each other in finals of this best-of-three, races to five format event as they bulldozed through their matches seeming almost unbeatable. Reyes scored 2-0 wins over German Michael Schmidt, Japanese countrymen Manabu Mori and Masatumi Mochiduki, and Nick van de Berg from The Netherlands before finally losing a set to German Thorsten Hohmann in the semifinals.
Reyes would bounce back to win the next two sets over Hohmann 5-0 and 5-2 to set up the final match.