Story highlights Britain's Gabriella Taylor was forced to withdraw from last month's Wimbledon after falling illShe holds a world tennis ranking of 419London (CNN) Britain's Metropolitan Police has revealed it is investigating claims that a female tennis player was deliberately poisoned during this year's Wimbledon. Though police haven't confirmed the victim's name, 18-year-old Gabriella Taylor was forced to withdraw from the girl's junior tournament quarter-finals in July and spent four days in intensive care. At the time, Taylor posted several tweets about the mysterious illness, having to clarify it was a virus, not food poisoning, that forced her to retire. It said the incident, which is alleged to have taken place at Wimbledon, was received on August 5 and that it is "unknown where or when the poison was ingested." In a statement, police said a woman fell ill on July 6 and it was investigating "an allegation of poisoning with intent to endanger life (or) cause grievous bodily harm."

Source: CNN August 11, 2016 09:56 UTC