Andy Murray invites Iranian former detainee to Wimbledon

WATCH: With Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe watching on, Andy Murray won an all-British first round at Wimbledon.

Famous faces haven't been in short supply at Wimbledon over the first three days of the tournament—Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, David Beckham, Roger Federer and Katy Perry have been among a star-studded list of a attendees—but another woman who's earned global recognition was at the All England Club Tuesday on personal invitation of Andy Murray himself.

Last year, British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was released from an Iranian prison for six years on espionage charges—charges that she denies, under detainment that the United Nations called a violation of international law. While in solitary confinement in 2016, Zaghari-Ratcliffe watched Murray win his second title on a television in prison, one that, she says, only had two channels.

"One of them was rubbish Iranian-made soap opera all the time, which was very low quality. The other one was a sports channel, which they thought, this was probably a way to just give them something but not quite something," she said, per a story in The Athletic on Wednesday.

“Then I put it on, the first thing that was on was Wimbledon ... They had no idea what they had given me because I was always a big fan of you, but also there I was in solitary confinement watching the match you actually won in the end.”

On Tuesday, Zaghari-Ratcliffe got to watch Murray from a much more comfortable position, sitting in the Royal Box behind the Duchess of Cambridge and Federer to watch Murray beat fellow Brit Ryan Peniston in straight sets.

Murray called the experience of getting to know Nazanin-Ratcliffe "very emotional," and said her tale was "the strangest, most incredible story that I've been told about somebody watching me." The pair met last year in an emotional segment on Channel 4's Today program.

"It was brilliant that she was able to come along and watch," he said in his post-match press conference. "It was her first time here. Glad she could make it. She seemed happy that I got the win. It was good.

"She hadn't been to Wimbledon before. After I spoke with her, and the story she told me about watching my Wimbledon final while she was in a cell, I felt like I wanted to invite her to come along and watch the tennis in totally different circumstances. Hopefully, [it was] a much more enjoyable experience."