." I simply gained as well as I want bangs," Croatian tennis superstar Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday afternoon of the US Open. She's merely beaten Peyton Stearns-- as well as after stretching and also bathing-- her next quit pre-press event is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had actually been standing by all season to observe Julian as well as get thumps influenced through Margot Robbie." Greater than two decades earlier, hairdresser Julien Farel came close to the USA Tennis Association along with an idea: a hair salon where ping pong players can stop by for a hairstyle, style, or yet another type of self-care during the course of the United States Open, one of one of the most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took all of them 5 years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years right into the salon partnership at the Open, informs me with a smile. "I was incredibly constant given that I understood this would be a perk for numerous athletes. As well as I was right. Right now, they await this moment to come in and also get a haircut." Much of the sporting activity's greatest labels have sat inside this beauty salon, which is simply open during the course of the 2 full weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair coming from lengthy to brief in 2010, that occurred on this site and also it was a major deal. Everybody from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has partaken these seats. Our team had Coco here straight after she won last year's competition, as well." Vekiu0107 and her new bangs, fresh cut through Julien Farel.Photographed by Caroline Tompkins.