• Serena to have foot surgery, will miss three events: Serena Williams needs surgery on her right foot after cutting it on a broken glass at a restaurant. The top-ranked women’s player was injured last week and will miss three tournaments leading to the U.S. Open, the WTA Tour said Saturday. Williams has withdrawn from tournaments in Istanbul, Cincinnati and Montreal. The tour website offered no details about what happened at the restaurant.

• Pennetta to play Kanepi in Palermo final: Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta, of Italy, cruised to a straight-sets win over Julia Georges, of Germany, on Saturday as she tries to defend her Palermo Open title in Palermo, Italy. Pennetta, ranked 12th in the world, won 6-0, 6-4 and advanced to play fifth-seeded Kaia Kanepi in today’s final. Kanepi ended the crowd’s hopes of an all-Italian final when she beat wild card Romina Oprandi 6-3, 6-2.

• Montanes vs. Monfils for Mercedes Cup final: Fifth-seeded Albert Montanes, of Spain, defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero for the first time in his career to reach the Mercedes Cup final in Stuttgart, Germany. Montanes, bidding for his second ATP clay-court title of the season, knocked off former French Open champion Ferrero 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Saturday. Montanes had lost his previous five matches against Ferrero. In the final, he will take on third-seeded Gael Monfils, of France. Monfils reached his first ATP final of the season by knocking off unseeded Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

• Soderling, Almagro reach Swedish Open final: Defending champion Robin Soderling rallied to reach the final of the Swedish Open in Bastad, Sweden, where he will face Nicolas Almagro. Soderling edged David Ferrer, of Spain, in three sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday. Fourth-seeded Almagro swept Tommy Robredo 6-1, 6-3 on center court in only 68 minutes.

• Zahlavova Strycova reaches first WTA final in Prague: Eighth-seeded Barbora Zahlavova Strycova reached her first WTA final by routing Patty Schnyder, of Switzerland, 6-2, 6-0 Saturday in the Prague Open semifinals. In today’s final, she will face seventh-seeded Agnes Szavay, of Hungary, who beat Lucie Hradecka 6-2, 6-4.