Elina Svitolina may want to wait to see her favourite singer while numbers are up through the gates of SW19
The Harry Styles concert karma theory. Evina Svitolina had tickets for a Harry Styles concert in Vienna last Saturday, but couldn’t go because she was shredding stereotypes at Wimbledon. Harry Styles got in touch on Instagram saying: “We have four shows to go, you’re welcome at any of them.” That number is now down to three after victory against Iga Swiatek means the gig in Barcelona on Wednesday is out. Make the final and Madrid (14 July) goes. Win the thing and Lisbon (18th) looks shaky too, leaving only Reggio Emilia (22nd) up for grabs, if rest and recuperation allows. All we’re saying is there appears to be an inverse correlation between tennis success and the chances of watching style-over-substance Styles in the flesh. And in further evidence, Jessica Pegula made it to a Styles concert in Paris during the French Open, lost in the quarter-finals and was beaten at the same stage at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Might be significant – who knows?