." I simply won as well as I wish bangs," Croatian ping pong star Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She is actually merely beaten Peyton Stearns-- and also after extending and also showering-- her following deter pre-press conference is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty parlor hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had been actually waiting all season to view Julian and also obtain thumps motivated by Margot Robbie." Much more than two decades back, hairstylist Julien Farel came close to the United States Tennis Association along with a tip: a salon where ping pong players could possibly stop by for a haircut, type, or even one more type of self-care during the course of the United States Open, some of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them five years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years right into the beauty salon collaboration at the Open, informs me along with a smile. "I was actually very persistent given that I understood this would be actually a perk for numerous athletes. And also I corrected. Now, they wait on this instant to come in and also acquire a haircut." A lot of the sporting activity's biggest titles have rested inside this salon, which is merely open in the course of the 2 weeks of the competitors: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair coming from lengthy to brief in 2010, that took place on this site and it was a large bargain. Everybody from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has beinged in these office chairs. Our team possessed Coco listed here straight after she succeeded in 2015's tournament, also." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand new booms, recently reduced by Julien Farel.Photographed by Caroline Tompkins.