." I just gained and also I prefer bangs," Croatian ping pong star Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday afternoon of the US Open. She is actually merely beaten Peyton Stearns-- as well as after flexing and bathing-- her following cease pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty parlor concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had actually been waiting all time to find Julian and also receive raps encouraged through Margot Robbie." Much more than 20 years back, hairdresser Julien Farel approached the United States Tennis Association with a tip: a hair salon where ping pong players can pop in for a hairstyle, type, or even yet another type of self-care in the course of the US Open, among the absolute most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them five years to say yes to me," Farel, currently 16 years in to the salon relationship at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was incredibly relentless given that I knew this would certainly be a perk for several athletes. And also I was right. Right now, they wait on this minute ahead in as well as receive a hairstyle." A number of the sport's largest names have actually rested inside this beauty parlor, which is just available in the course of the two weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to quick in 2010, that happened right here as well as it was a major package. Everyone from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually sat in these office chairs. We possessed Coco listed here right after she succeeded last year's tournament, also." Vekiu0107 and also her brand-new bangs, recently reduced by Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.