." I only won and I really want raps," Croatian ping pong superstar Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday mid-day of the US Open. She is actually just beaten Peyton Stearns-- and also after extending and bathing-- her upcoming cease pre-press event is the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had been waiting all time to see Julian and get bangs inspired through Margot Robbie." Much more than 20 years earlier, hair stylist Julien Farel moved toward the USA Tennis Affiliation along with a concept: a beauty shop where ping pong gamers can come by for a hairstyle, style, or even an additional type of self-care in the course of the US Open, one of the absolute most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them five years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years into the beauty shop collaboration at the Open, informs me with a smile. "I was actually extremely chronic given that I recognized this would certainly be a perk for numerous athletes. And also I was right. Now, they wait for this moment ahead in and receive a haircut." Many of the sport's greatest names have sat inside this beauty salon, which is just open throughout the two weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from lengthy to brief in 2010, that took place on this site as well as it was actually a major deal. Everyone from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these office chairs. Our company possessed Coco right here right after she succeeded last year's competition, as well." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand-new bangs, freshly reduced through Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.