." I simply won and also I really want whacks," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the US Open. She's just beaten Peyton Stearns-- as well as after extending and showering-- her following stop pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty shop hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had been actually waiting all season to see Julian and also acquire raps encouraged through Margot Robbie." Greater than twenty years ago, hair stylist Julien Farel approached the United States Ping Pong Organization along with a tip: a beauty shop where tennis players can come by for a haircut, style, or one more form of self-care throughout the US Open, one of the most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them 5 years to okay me," Farel, right now 16 years right into the salon relationship at the Open, informs me along with a smile. "I was actually quite persistent because I recognized this would certainly be actually a perk for a lot of sportsmens. And also I was right. Right now, they expect this moment to come in and also obtain a haircut." Most of the sporting activity's biggest names have rested inside this beauty parlor, which is actually simply available throughout the two full weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from long to quick in 2010, that took place on this site and also it was actually a huge deal. Everyone coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has beinged in these chairs. Our team possessed Coco listed here right after she gained last year's competition, also." Vekiu0107 and her new bangs, freshly reduced through Julien Farel.Photographed by Caroline Tompkins.