." I simply succeeded and I really want bangs," Croatian ping pong superstar Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday mid-day of the US Open. She is actually just defeated Peyton Stearns-- and after stretching and showering-- her next stop pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been actually hanging around all season to observe Julian as well as acquire thumps inspired through Margot Robbie." More than twenty years ago, hair stylist Julien Farel came close to the United States Tennis Organization with a concept: a salon where ping pong gamers can pop in for a hairstyle, type, or one more type of self-care during the United States Open, some of the most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them five years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years in to the salon collaboration at the Open, informs me with a smile. "I was actually really chronic given that I understood this would certainly be a perk for several sportsmens. And also I was right. Today, they wait on this second to come in as well as obtain a haircut." A lot of the sport's biggest titles have rested inside this beauty salon, which is only available throughout the 2 weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from lengthy to short in 2010, that occurred on this site as well as it was actually a big offer. Everyone coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has beinged in these chairs. Our company had Coco right here straight after she succeeded in 2015's event, as well." Vekiu0107 and also her new bangs, freshly cut by Julien Farel.Photographed through Caroline Tompkins.