." I merely succeeded and also I yearn for thumps," Croatian tennis celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday mid-day of the US Open. She's just trumped Peyton Stearns-- and after stretching and also bathing-- her upcoming quit pre-press event is the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been waiting all period to find Julian and also acquire whacks inspired through Margot Robbie." Greater than two decades earlier, hairdresser Julien Farel approached the USA Ping Pong Association with a concept: a beauty salon where tennis gamers can come by for a haircut, design, or even one more type of self-care during the course of the United States Open, some of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them 5 years to okay me," Farel, currently 16 years right into the beauty parlor relationship at the Open, informs me along with a smile. "I was very constant given that I knew this would be actually a perk for several sportsmens. And I corrected. Now, they expect this moment to find in as well as get a haircut." Much of the sport's largest labels have actually sat inside this beauty salon, which is simply available throughout both full weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from lengthy to quick in 2010, that happened right here as well as it was actually a significant package. Everybody from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has beinged in these seats. We possessed Coco here straight after she succeeded last year's competition, also." Vekiu0107 and also her new bangs, fresh cut by Julien Farel.Photographed by Caroline Tompkins.