." I merely won as well as I want thumps," Croatian tennis celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She's only beaten Peyton Stearns-- and also after stretching and also showering-- her following quit pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been actually standing by all season to see Julian as well as obtain whacks influenced through Margot Robbie." More than two decades back, hair stylist Julien Farel came close to the USA Ping Pong Organization with an idea: a hair salon where ping pong players could possibly visit for a hairstyle, type, or even yet another kind of self-care throughout the US Open, among the absolute most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them five years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years in to the salon alliance at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was really chronic because I understood this would certainly be a perk for several professional athletes. And also I corrected. Now, they wait for this second ahead in and obtain a haircut." A lot of the sport's most significant titles have actually rested inside this salon, which is just available during both full weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to brief in 2010, that took place right here and also it was a big offer. Everybody from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these chairs. We possessed Coco here straight after she won in 2014's competition, too." Vekiu0107 and also her brand new booms, freshly reduced by Julien Farel.Photographed through Caroline Tompkins.