For the first time in the Open Era, a tennis player from Turkey has reached the third round in singles at a Grand Slam. It’s Zeynep Sonmez, World No. 88, who achieved this at Wimbledon.

Turkey’s athletics federation undertook a seismic spending spree, rattling international track and field right down to its foundations. A Nigerian and four Jamaican athletes all agreed to become, for ...

Like the U.S., the other Grand Slam host countries mostly reserve their remaining wild cards for their own players. That works out great for players from the U.S., France, Australia or Great Britain.