." I simply won and I desire raps," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She is actually merely beaten Peyton Stearns-- and also after extending as well as bathing-- her next quit pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been actually hanging around all season to see Julian and also acquire thumps influenced by Margot Robbie." Much more than two decades earlier, hairdresser Julien Farel approached the USA Ping Pong Organization along with a suggestion: a beauty salon where tennis players could possibly visit for a hairstyle, style, or one more type of self-care throughout the US Open, among one of the most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took all of them 5 years to say yes to me," Farel, currently 16 years in to the hair salon relationship at the Open, informs me along with a smile. "I was actually incredibly consistent given that I recognized this would be a perk for numerous professional athletes. As well as I corrected. Right now, they wait for this minute to find in and acquire a hairstyle." A lot of the sport's greatest names have actually sat inside this salon, which is simply open during the 2 full weeks of the competitors: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from lengthy to short in 2010, that happened right here as well as it was actually a major bargain. Everyone coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has beinged in these chairs. Our experts possessed Coco here straight after she succeeded last year's event, too." Vekiu0107 and her brand new bangs, newly cut through Julien Farel.Photographed through Caroline Tompkins.