." I just won as well as I want raps," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday afternoon of the US Open. She's merely defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after stretching and also showering-- her upcoming cease pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty parlor concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had been actually hanging around all period to find Julian as well as acquire thumps motivated through Margot Robbie." More than two decades ago, hairstylist Julien Farel came close to the United States Tennis Association with an idea: a hair salon where tennis players could possibly visit for a haircut, type, or even one more type of self-care throughout the US Open, some of the best high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them five years to okay me," Farel, right now 16 years in to the salon collaboration at the Open, informs me along with a smile. "I was quite persistent given that I knew this would be actually a perk for numerous sportsmens. And I was right. Right now, they wait on this moment to come in and obtain a haircut." A lot of the sport's biggest labels have actually sat inside this beauty salon, which is actually only available during the course of both full weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from long to brief in 2010, that took place on this site and it was actually a huge bargain. Everyone from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually sat in these office chairs. Our team had Coco here right after she succeeded in 2015's tournament, as well." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand new bangs, newly reduced by Julien Farel.Photographed through Caroline Tompkins.