Gabriella Taylor: Tennis player in hospital after retiring from Wimbledon with virus

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Gabriella Taylor was trailing 6-4 1-1 to Kayla Day when she retired through illness

Great Britain's Gabriella Taylor is continuing to receive hospital treatment for an unknown virus which forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon.

Taylor had to retire from her girls' singles quarter-final on Thursday against Kayla Day of the USA.

The 18-year-old from Southampton posted on Twitter on Monday, external that she has been under observation at the city's General Hospital for four days.

Her agent told BBC Sport Taylor is in a stable condition and improving.

The world number 377 is being kept on an isolation ward in hospital and is waiting for blood tests to reveal more details.

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