." I merely gained as well as I really want whacks," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday afternoon of the US Open. She's just trumped Peyton Stearns-- and also after stretching and also showering-- her following cease pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been hanging around all period to view Julian and also get bangs motivated through Margot Robbie." Much more than twenty years back, hairdresser Julien Farel moved toward the USA Tennis Organization with a suggestion: a beauty parlor where tennis players could possibly drop by for a hairstyle, design, or yet another form of self-care during the course of the United States Open, some of the absolute most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them 5 years to okay 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 given that I understood this will be a perk for several athletes. As well as I corrected. Now, they await this minute ahead in as well as get a haircut." Most of the sport's largest titles have rested inside this hair salon, which is merely open during the two full weeks of the competitors: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from lengthy to quick in 2010, that occurred right here and also it was actually a significant package. Everybody from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually sat in these chairs. Our company had Coco listed here straight after she gained in 2013's event, as well." Vekiu0107 and her new booms, recently reduced through Julien Farel.Photographed through Caroline Tompkins.