." I only won and I wish raps," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the US Open. She is actually just defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after extending as well as bathing-- her upcoming cease pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been standing by all time to view Julian as well as obtain bangs encouraged through Margot Robbie." Greater than two decades ago, hairstylist Julien Farel moved toward the United States Ping Pong Affiliation with a suggestion: a beauty salon where tennis gamers can come by for a hairstyle, style, or yet another type of self-care in the course of the United States Open, some of the absolute most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them 5 years to okay me," Farel, right now 16 years right into the hair salon relationship at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was actually very persistent since I recognized this would be a perk for a lot of athletes. As well as I corrected. Now, they await this instant to find in and get a hairstyle." Most of the sporting activity's biggest labels have sat inside this beauty salon, which is actually simply available in the course of both full weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from long to quick in 2010, that occurred on this site and it was a major offer. Everyone from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has sat in these seats. Our company had Coco right here straight after she gained in 2013's event, too." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand-new booms, freshly cut by Julien Farel.Photographed by Caroline Tompkins.