." I just succeeded as well as I desire bangs," Croatian ping pong star Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She is actually simply defeated Peyton Stearns-- and after extending as well as showering-- her following stop pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had been hanging around all season to see Julian and also receive raps inspired through Margot Robbie." More than 20 years earlier, hairdresser Julien Farel came close to the USA Tennis Association along with a tip: a beauty salon where ping pong gamers could possibly pop in for a haircut, type, or even an additional kind of self-care during the course of the United States Open, one of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them five years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years right into the hair salon alliance at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was actually really persistent since I recognized this would be a perk for lots of sportsmens. And I corrected. Today, they wait for this moment to follow in and also acquire a hairstyle." Much of the sporting activity's most significant names have rested inside this beauty parlor, which is just open throughout the two full weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair coming from lengthy to short in 2010, that occurred right here and also it was a significant deal. Everybody coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually beinged in these office chairs. Our company possessed Coco below straight after she succeeded last year's event, too." Vekiu0107 and also her new bangs, freshly cut through Julien Farel.Captured On Film by Caroline Tompkins.