Andre Agassi doesn't let leads like this get away very often.
Up one set and a break in the second set to Fernando Gonzalez, Agassi's advantage slipped away Saturday night in a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) loss in the semifinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
The fourth-seeded Gonzalez will play No. 10 Tim Henman, who also rallied from a set down and beat No. 2 Andy Roddick 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1) to reach his first final of the year. Having battled James Blake through three sets on Friday, Agassi, now 21-2 on hard courts this year, failed to put away a match at a tournament he's won five times in the 15 years he's entered. The two traded huge groundstrokes the entire match. But it was one of Gonzalez's softest shots of the night -- a forehand he pushed wide -- that gave Agassi his only break point of the first set. Gonzalez provided more charity by double-faulting on the next point, giving Agassi a 5-3 lead.
Roddick, who won the hard-court tournament at Indianapolis last week, pulled out of a later doubles semifinal with partner Brian Vahaly, citing a packed schedule.
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