." I just gained and also I want bangs," Croatian ping pong superstar Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She is actually only defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after flexing and bathing-- her next deter pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been actually waiting all season to find Julian and also get bangs encouraged by Margot Robbie." More than two decades ago, hair stylist Julien Farel came close to the USA Ping Pong Association with an idea: a beauty shop where tennis gamers could come over for a hairstyle, design, or one more type of self-care during the United States Open, one of the most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took all of them five years to say yes to me," Farel, now 16 years right into the beauty parlor collaboration at the Open, informs me along with a smile. "I was extremely relentless since I understood this would certainly be actually a perk for several professional athletes. As well as I was right. Now, they expect this second ahead in and also get a hairstyle." A lot of the sport's largest names have actually rested inside this beauty parlor, which is only available in the course of the 2 weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to quick in 2010, that happened on this site as well as it was actually a significant deal. Everybody from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these chairs. Our team had Coco here right after she succeeded in 2015's competition, too." Vekiu0107 and her new booms, recently cut by Julien Farel.Captured On Film by Caroline Tompkins.