." I merely won and also I wish whacks," Croatian tennis star Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She is actually simply defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after extending and bathing-- her upcoming quit pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had been actually hanging around all period to view Julian as well as obtain bangs motivated by Margot Robbie." Greater than twenty years ago, hairstylist Julien Farel came close to the United States Tennis Association along with a concept: a beauty salon where ping pong gamers could possibly stop by for a haircut, design, or even another type of self-care during the US Open, some of the most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them five years to say yes to me," Farel, currently 16 years in to the beauty shop collaboration at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was incredibly constant since I knew this will be actually a perk for several professional athletes. As well as I was right. Now, they await this minute ahead in and also receive a haircut." A number of the sport's greatest titles have rested inside this beauty shop, which is actually simply available throughout both weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from long to brief in 2010, that occurred right here as well as it was a big deal. Everybody from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually beinged in these office chairs. Our team had Coco listed here straight after she gained in 2013's competition, also." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand-new bangs, recently reduced by Julien Farel.Photographed through Caroline Tompkins.