Gabriella Taylor, 18, was left “close to death” from what her family initially assumed was a mystery virus, spending four days in intensive care after becoming unwell during a girls’ quarter-final match.
But doctors treating her diagnosed a strain of leptospirosis – a bacteria carried by rat urine that can cause organ failure.
Just to clarify, I have been struggling with a virus these few days, not food poisoning, forcing me to retire today. pic.twitter.com/HZxiFk2R4OScotland Yard is now investigating claims Miss Taylor was deliberately poisoned during the world-famous tennis tournament, possibly by a rival or criminal betting syndicate.
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