Kuribayashi broke for the game but the two got locked in a safety battle. After a on the 3-ball, Alcano ran the rack to win 11–10. Yukio Akakariyama lead Vinacio Tanio throughout the match, until 8-8 when he lost the next rack to trail 9–8, and 10–9, but the match went to a decider after a . Tanio broke in rack 21, but ran out of position on the 8-ball. He sank the 8-ball but then faced on another difficult shot on the 9-ball. Tanio missed and Akakariyama faced on a table's length shot on the 9-ball. Akakariyama took more than ten minutes to study the shot before potting it to win 11–10. The first semi-final saw Orcullo face Alcano. Alcano won the first two racks, and remained at least two racks ahead throughout, as he led 8-4 and 10–6. Orcullo won three racks in-a-row, before Alcano won rack 20 to win 11–9. After the match, Alcano said that his game had improved due to no longer having a manager, but instead working with Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino boxer commenting "all I need is just a little bit of Manny's good fortune and I can win the World Championship. I just have to win one more match." The second semi-final went to a deciding rack between Yukio Akagariyama and Mark Gray. Yukio led 6-2 and 8-3 before Gray won five racks in-a-row to level the match at 8-8. In rack 17, Gray attempted a shot on the 9-ball, but missed, allowing Yukio to win the rack and then the next to go 10-8 ahead. Gray won the next two racks, and had the break in rack 21. On his break, the scratched allowing Yukio to clear the table to win 11–10. The final was played at 7p.m. local time (GMT+3), as a race-to-13 racks with an alternating break between Yukio and Alcano. The lag was won by Alcano, and the racks were won on break until rack nine, with Yukio taking a 5–4 lead. He also won the next frame after a failed jump shot by Alcano. Breaking to have a three rack lead, Yukio went when potting the 9-ball allowing Alcano to win the rack.