Sir Andy Murray has said it is “brilliant” that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who watched his Wimbledon win from a prison in Iran seven years ago, came to see him play on Centre Court this year.
British-Iranian dual national Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was freed in March last year after six years of detention. She met Sir Andy in December last year and recalled watching him win Wimbledon in 2016 from solitary confinement, saying he offered a “connection” to her life outside prison and an “escape” from her detention.
Reporters at a press conference after the tennis star’s win on Tuesday heard that he had invited Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe to watch him play against fellow Briton Ryan Peniston on Centre Court.
