." I simply gained as well as I really want bangs," Croatian ping pong star Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the US Open. She's simply beaten Peyton Stearns-- and also after flexing as well as bathing-- her next quit pre-press conference is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had been standing by all season to view Julian and receive raps motivated by Margot Robbie." Much more than two decades ago, hair stylist Julien Farel approached the USA Ping Pong Organization with a suggestion: a beauty salon where tennis gamers could come by for a haircut, style, or even one more form of self-care throughout the US Open, among the best high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them 5 years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years into the beauty shop partnership at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was actually extremely persistent considering that I recognized this would certainly be a perk for a lot of professional athletes. And also I corrected. Today, they wait on this second to follow in and also receive a haircut." Most of the sport's greatest names have actually rested inside this hair salon, which is simply available during the course of both weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to brief in 2010, that happened right here as well as it was actually a large offer. Everyone from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually sat in these office chairs. Our experts had Coco here straight after she succeeded in 2013's competition, too." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand new booms, newly reduced by Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.