After beating Răzvan Sabău and Ivo Karlović in straight sets and Tomáš Berdych in four sets, Agassi won three consecutive five-set matches to advance to the final.
ˈæftɚ bˈiːɾɪŋ ɹˈæzvæn sˈæbaʊ ænd ˈaɪvoʊ kɑːɹlˈʌvɪk ɪn stɹˈeɪt sˈɛts ænd təmˈɑːʃ bˈɜːdɪtʃ ɪn fˈoːɹ sˈɛts, ˈæɡæsi wˈʌn θɹˈiː kənsˈɛkjuːtˌɪv fˈaɪvsˈɛt mˈætʃᵻz tʊ ɐdvˈæns tə ðə fˈaɪnəl.