." I simply won and I desire bangs," Croatian tennis celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday mid-day of the US Open. She is actually just trumped Peyton Stearns-- as well as after extending as well as bathing-- her upcoming quit pre-press conference is the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been standing by all period to observe Julian and also acquire thumps influenced through Margot Robbie." More than 20 years ago, hair stylist Julien Farel approached the USA Tennis Affiliation along with an idea: a beauty salon where ping pong players can drop by for a haircut, type, or another form of self-care during the course of the United States Open, one of the absolute most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them five years to okay me," Farel, right now 16 years right into the beauty parlor alliance at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was very chronic due to the fact that I understood this would certainly be actually a perk for a lot of athletes. As well as I corrected. Today, they expect this instant ahead in and acquire a hairstyle." A number of the sporting activity's most significant names have actually rested inside this beauty salon, which is actually only open during the course of the two weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to short in 2010, that happened right here as well as it was a large package. Everyone coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has sat in these chairs. Our company had Coco below right after she won last year's tournament, also." Vekiu0107 as well as her new bangs, fresh cut through Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.