." I simply won as well as I want bangs," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She is actually simply defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after flexing as well as showering-- her upcoming cease pre-press conference is the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had been hanging around all period to find Julian and also acquire whacks motivated by Margot Robbie." More than 20 years back, hair stylist Julien Farel moved toward the USA Tennis Association with an idea: a hair salon where ping pong gamers could possibly visit for a hairstyle, design, or yet another kind of self-care during the course of the US Open, some of the best high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them five years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years right into the hair salon collaboration at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was quite relentless because I recognized this will be a perk for a lot of athletes. As well as I was right. Today, they expect this minute to follow in and get a haircut." A lot of the sporting activity's biggest labels have actually rested inside this beauty shop, which is actually just open in the course of both weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to brief in 2010, that occurred right here and it was actually a big bargain. Everybody coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has beinged in these seats. Our company possessed Coco here right after she gained in 2014's competition, as well." Vekiu0107 and also her brand new booms, newly cut through Julien Farel.Captured On Film by Caroline Tompkins.