." I just won and also I wish raps," Croatian ping pong star Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She is actually simply defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after extending and bathing-- her next stop pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty shop hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had actually been actually hanging around all time to view Julian as well as acquire raps encouraged by Margot Robbie." More than 20 years earlier, hairstylist Julien Farel approached the USA Tennis Association along with a tip: a hair salon where ping pong gamers can come over for a haircut, style, or an additional form of self-care during the course of the US Open, among the best high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took all of them five years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years into the hair salon relationship at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was actually really chronic since I recognized this would certainly be a perk for many sportsmens. And I corrected. Today, they await this minute to find in and also get a haircut." Most of the sport's biggest titles have actually rested inside this hair salon, which is only available during the course of the two full weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from lengthy to brief in 2010, that took place right here and it was actually a significant offer. Everyone from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has beinged in these seats. Our team possessed Coco listed below right after she gained in 2014's competition, as well." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand new bangs, recently reduced by Julien Farel.Captured On Film by Caroline Tompkins.