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LONDON — Zeynep Sonmez became the first Turkish player in the professional era to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament by beating Xinyu Wang 7-5, 7-5 at Wimbledon on Thursday.

She hopes her win ensures it won’t be that long before another Turkish player reaches that stage.

“My mom and the people in my team told me that there were videos where kids were watching me back at home, in tennis clubs on TV,” Sonmez said. “And I hope they get inspired or they feel like, ‘Oh,...