It's hard to believe that Andre Agassi -- at 33 years old -- is still playing as well as he is. If he can somehow draw on all of his experience, he might just find himself in a position to win his second year-end championships.

Even as well as Rainer Schuettler is playing, Agassi has a big edge -- physically and mentally -- on Saturday (ESPN2, 3:30 p.m. ET). We saw how Agassi destroyed Schuettler in the Australian Open. But that was due in part to Schuettler's inexperience in big situations. Without question, Schuettler will put up a bigger fight in this semifinal against Agassi because in 2003 he's proved he can succeed in the big matches.

Schuettler's game, however, plays right into Agassi's hands. Between the two baseline players, Agassi is the more powerful and more dominant.
Pick: Agassi in three close sets

The match of the tournament might be played in the other semifinal Saturday between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick (ESPN2, 11 p.m. ET). Of the eight-man field, Federer is the only one to go 3-0 in the round robin. The last player to do this was Lleyton Hewitt in 2001 -- the first year he finished No. 1 in the world. Federer won't finish No. 1 this year, but he'd make a big statement if he beats Roddick in the semifinals and wins his first Masters Cup.

Federer and Roddick will be battling each other, challenging one another for the No. 1 spot, for years to come. The last big match they played against each other was the semifinal of Wimbledon, which Federer dominated. He shouldn't be able to control Roddick like that in these hard-court semifinals, but Federer has figured out a way to handle Roddick's biggest weapon -- his serve. If Federer can execute that in the semifinals, he has a great chance of winning.

Federer uses the tremendous pace of Roddick's serve to his own advantage, instead of trying to create pace the way many of Roddick's opponents do. Consequently, once they get into rallies, Federer often has the advantage over Roddick.

As for Roddick, he would like to put an exclamation point on a great six months. He knows he's going to finish No. 1, but it would be nice to finish with his first Masters Cup title. If he doesn't win the Masters Cup, he'll go into the offseason feeling like he left some business unfinished.

Either way, it will be a great match.
Pick: Federer in three sets

MaliVai Washington, a tennis analyst for ESPN, reached the 1996 Wimbledon final.