On his way to the final in the Azores, ‘Kikas’ had knocked out France’s Gatien Delahaye in the semi-finals, Jake Marshall of the US, in the quarter-finals, and Australia’s Jackson Baker in the fifth round.
No caminho para a final, ‘Kikas’ eliminou o francês Gatien Delahaye, nas meias-finais, o norte-americano Jake Marshall, nos quartos de final, e o australiano Jackson Baker, na quinta ronda.