ANNA Brogan's Wimbledon has gone on so long that most of her family have had to get on with the rest of their lives.
After reaching the third round in the girls' singles, yesterday the 17-year-old Glaswegian made it through to the semi-finals of the girls' doubles with her English partner Freya Christie, running out 6-4, 7-5 winners against No 6 seeds Jil Teichmann of Switzerland and Shalin Xu of China. The only member of her family still around to watch was mum Maureen, after her dad Tony had to return to the family fruitmarket, J&B Brogan, in Glasgow's East End and her twin brother Martin had decamped to music festival T in the Park.
Also in attendance was Judy Murray, offering a thumbs up and a celebratory fist bump after she moved into the last four. "It has been a brilliant tournament, a lot of fun," said Brogan. "I just want to keep playing as much matches as I can at Wimbledon, that is for sure.
"The second set got a little bit tricky, but we had a good hold at 4-5 and then Freya served it out really well," said Brogan.
"I didn't speak to Judy afterwards, she just kind of gave me a wave, a kind of mid-air fist bump," she added. "My mum is still here, but the rest of them are up the road. My dad is back in the fruit market and my brother Martin is at T in the Park. Because of my tennis, I have always been training or something and I managed to get out of the early shifts. But my brothers had to do it sometimes, at 1.30 in the morning."
Maia Lumsden, Brogan's fellow 17-year-old, has also had a good tournament, but hers came to an end with a 6-0, 6-2 defeat to Dalma Galfi and Fanni Stollar, the No 3 seeds from Hungary.
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