." I just succeeded and also I prefer bangs," Croatian ping pong star Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She's simply defeated Peyton Stearns-- and after flexing as well as showering-- her next quit pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty parlor hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had actually been actually standing by all time to observe Julian as well as obtain raps motivated by Margot Robbie." More than twenty years back, hair stylist Julien Farel came close to the United States Ping Pong Affiliation with a concept: a beauty shop where tennis players could pop in for a haircut, type, or an additional kind of self-care throughout the US Open, one of one of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them 5 years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years into the beauty salon collaboration at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was actually very chronic given that I understood this will be actually a perk for lots of athletes. And also I corrected. Now, they await this minute ahead in and also acquire a hairstyle." Much of the sporting activity's greatest labels have rested inside this salon, which is merely open in the course of both full weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to brief in 2010, that happened on this site as well as it was a major bargain. Everyone coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has sat in these seats. We possessed Coco below right after she won in 2014's event, also." Vekiu0107 and also her brand new bangs, freshly reduced through Julien Farel.Captured by Caroline Tompkins.