." I just won and I desire whacks," Croatian tennis celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the US Open. She's only trumped Peyton Stearns-- and also after extending as well as showering-- her upcoming deter pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had been actually standing by all season to observe Julian as well as obtain bangs encouraged through Margot Robbie." More than two decades earlier, hairdresser Julien Farel moved toward the USA Tennis Association along with an idea: a beauty shop where ping pong gamers might drop by for a hairstyle, type, or even yet another type of self-care in the course of the US Open, some of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them five years to say yes to me," Farel, now 16 years right into the beauty salon relationship at the Open, informs me with a smile. "I was very relentless considering that I recognized this will be actually a perk for a lot of professional athletes. As well as I corrected. Today, they await this moment to come in as well as get a haircut." Many of the sport's largest titles have sat inside this beauty salon, which is actually just open in the course of the two full weeks of the competitors: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from lengthy to brief in 2010, that took place on this site and also it was actually a huge bargain. Everybody coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these seats. Our experts had Coco listed below straight after she gained in 2015's tournament, as well." Vekiu0107 and also her brand new bangs, fresh cut by Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.