WATCH: Elina Svitolina captivated audiences at the All England Club and back home in Ukraine with her Wimbledon run.

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A sign of the times, indeed. Elina Svitolina has answered the one burning question that's been on the minds of tennis fans since her resurgent run to the Wimbledon semifinals: Did she get to see Harry Styles?

As a refresher: Svitolina famously had to give up her tickets to Styles' Love On Tour show as a result of her five wins at the All England Club (she had tickets for his Vienna concert on July 8), and was personally invited to one of the remaining shows by Styles himself on social media.

But, as the Ukrainian confessed to the U.K. edition of Harper's Bazaar in a wide-ranging interview published Monday, she wasn't able to fit any of them in to her schedule before Styles ended his tour in Reggio Emilia, Italy on July 22.

“I am so sad about that!” she joked with journalist Marie-Claire Chappet. “It was so sweet of him to message me and congratulate me but I just never was able to get there!

"But he’s young. There will be plenty [of] other chances to see him I’m sure.”

The former world No. 3, back up to No. 27 in the WTA rankings in just four months since returning to tennis following the October birth of her and Gael Monfils' daughter, Skaï, also revealed in the interview that her eponymous charity foundation is hosting a junior tennis tournament in Kyiv at the end of this month.

It's the latest philanthropic effort that Svitolina has undertaken in support of her war-torn home country, both in a tennis context and beyond—which have been only elevated further into the spotlight by her scintillating comeback. The Elina Svitolina Foundation has also helped relocate 70 junior tennis players and their families since the war began last year.

“It wasn’t easy. So many courts have been destroyed, and we had to find one with a bomb shelter, in case there is an attack on the city,” she said of tournament planning. “But I'm really happy that the tournament is going ahead and we have over 100 players signed up already.

"We just want to bring a small light in the tunnel for these kids–many of whom have lost family and friends and have been through so much.”