." I just gained and also I prefer bangs," Croatian tennis superstar Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the US Open. She's only beaten Peyton Stearns-- and after stretching as well as showering-- her following cease pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had actually been actually standing by all season to observe Julian as well as obtain whacks motivated by Margot Robbie." More than twenty years earlier, hair stylist Julien Farel moved toward the USA Ping Pong Association with a tip: a hair salon where ping pong players can pop in for a hairstyle, design, or even another type of self-care during the course of the US Open, some of the absolute most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them five years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years in to the beauty parlor relationship at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was actually really persistent because I knew this would be actually a perk for several athletes. As well as I corrected. Right now, they await this instant to follow in and also receive a haircut." Many of the sporting activity's most significant titles have sat inside this beauty parlor, which is actually merely available in the course of the two weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from long to short in 2010, that happened on this site and it was actually a significant package. Everybody from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has sat in these chairs. Our experts had Coco listed here straight after she gained last year's event, also." Vekiu0107 and her brand new bangs, freshly cut by Julien Farel.Captured On Film by Caroline Tompkins.