Andy Murray touched by revalation on how he helped Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe get through solitary confinement: "I'll make sure I'm a lot more grateful for everything"

Andy Murray was a guest of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and he was humbled by her revelation about his Wimbledon run during her solitary confinement.

After being sentenced to five years in prison, Zaghari-Ratcliffe was denied access to television or the internet initially but was later granted a tv set with two channels. One showed Iranian dramas while the other broadcasted the Wimbledon final in 2016. Murray played Raonic and she describe it as a huge beacon of hope for her because she was a huge Murray fan:

"They had no idea what they had given me. I was always a big fan of you, but also there I was in solitary confinement watching the match that you actually won in the end. I can't tell you how joyful it was and I was ecstatic just to see you win. But also to think that obviously for a very, very long time, I wasn't sure when I was coming out. But at the time I thought, I'm just going to go out and find your email and write you an email and say I'm very, very proud. But also you have no idea where I watched you and I was in solitary."

She continued:

"And then just to give myself a little bit of prize, I even though that I'm going to find a way and find a friend of mine who can get me the tickets next year for the final match. And I'm just going to go and watch him (Andy Murray), you know, in person. But of course that never happened because I was in prison for such a long time."

Murray was touched by the explanation and added:

"I think what you've told me is by far the strangest, most incredible story that I've been told about someone watching me. Nothing has come close to that - so that's incredible. "We all have our own problems, but after listening to you and speaking to you I'll certainly make sure I'm a lot more grateful for everything that I've got."