." I merely won and also I prefer whacks," Croatian tennis superstar Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She is actually simply defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after flexing and also showering-- her upcoming cease pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been standing by all period to observe Julian and also get bangs motivated by Margot Robbie." More than 20 years ago, hairstylist Julien Farel came close to the United States Ping Pong Organization with a suggestion: a salon where tennis players could possibly pop in for a hairstyle, design, or even yet another form of self-care during the course of the US Open, among the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them five years to say yes to me," Farel, currently 16 years right into the hair salon collaboration at the Open, informs me along with a smile. "I was actually incredibly consistent considering that I recognized this would certainly be a perk for several professional athletes. As well as I was right. Right now, they expect this second to find in and get a hairstyle." Most of the sport's largest labels have rested inside this beauty parlor, which is simply available during the course of both full weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from lengthy to quick in 2010, that occurred right here as well as it was a large deal. Everyone coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these chairs. Our team possessed Coco here right after she won last year's event, also." Vekiu0107 as well as her new bangs, freshly reduced through Julien Farel.Captured through Caroline Tompkins.