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Andy Dunn

Andy Murray invited Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Wimbledon after "very emotional" story

Andy Murray had a special guest cheering him on to a straight sets win in the first round of Wimbledon on Tuesday … the brave woman who watched his triumph in 2016 from her Iranian prison cell.

After Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe told Murray how she had that match on her TV not long after being detained by Iranian authorities - starting six years of imprisonment - the two-times champion decided to invite her to see him play on Centre Court.

And Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 41, was seated in the Royal Box, with the Princess of Wales and Roger Federer.

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