." I just gained as well as I desire bangs," Croatian ping pong superstar Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She's merely trumped Peyton Stearns-- and after stretching and bathing-- her next cease pre-press event is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had been standing by all period to find Julian and also acquire thumps encouraged through Margot Robbie." Greater than two decades back, hairdresser Julien Farel moved toward the USA Ping Pong Association along with a concept: a salon where tennis players could possibly pop in for a hairstyle, design, or even one more form 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 say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years into the hair salon partnership at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was incredibly consistent given that I recognized this will be actually a perk for lots of professional athletes. And also I was right. Now, they await this second to come in and get a hairstyle." Many of the sport's most significant titles have sat inside this beauty parlor, which is only open during the two weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from long to quick in 2010, that took place right here as well as it was a huge package. Everybody coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has partaken these seats. Our experts had Coco below straight after she succeeded in 2013's tournament, too." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand new bangs, fresh cut through Julien Farel.Photographed by Caroline Tompkins.