Her mother, Milena Taylor, told BBC Sport it was “impossible” for her to have simply become ill and her daughter was “still not 100%”.
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She said claims it could be used to deliberately poison someone were “a bit laughable”.
Theories are now swirling that the teen was sabotaged by a rival player or coach – or that she was a target of a criminal betting ring – and Scotland Yard (otherwise known as the London Metropolitan Police) are currently carrying out an investigation, The Telegraph reports.
She said the teenager had been staying “in a completely healthy environment”. “Everything was going well”, she told The Telegraph.
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”.
This barbaric poisoning allegation was received by the police officers on August 5. Depressingly no arrests have been made so far.
It was initially thought she had contracted a virus while playing overseas, but after spending four days in intensive care, doctors eventually diagnosed a rare strain of Leptospirois, a bacteria that can be transmitted through rat urine.
Several scientists expressed doubt that 18-year-old Taylor could have been infected deliberately.
Leptospirosis is a disease caused by a bacterium which is usually spread by animals and in the most cases only causes mild flu-like symptoms. The bacteria the infection team found is so rare in Britain that we feel this could not have been an accident.
“Her bags with her drinks in were often left unattended in the players’ lounge and someone could have taken the opportunity to contaminate her drink”. She went on to thank everyone for the support they had continued to afford her.
Fortunately, the young star, with a singles ranking of 381 appears is on her way to full recovery.
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This week the tennis player tweeted that she was “so happy” to be back on the court. The England Lawn Tennis Club spokesperson said that he had no record of her using the catering pass to eat on the side during the tournament.
