." I merely gained and also I prefer bangs," Croatian tennis celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She is actually simply trumped Peyton Stearns-- and also after stretching and showering-- her following deter pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had actually been hanging around all period to find Julian as well as receive whacks encouraged by Margot Robbie." More than two decades earlier, hair stylist Julien Farel came close to the United States Tennis Affiliation with a suggestion: a salon where ping pong players could pop in for a haircut, style, or even an additional form of self-care during the course of the United States Open, some of one of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them 5 years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years into the beauty parlor partnership at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was quite chronic because I recognized this would be a perk for many athletes. As well as I corrected. Right now, they wait for this moment to come in as well as get a hairstyle." A number of the sporting activity's biggest names have actually sat inside this beauty shop, which is actually just open throughout the two full weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to short in 2010, that took place on this site as well as it was a significant bargain. Everybody from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these chairs. Our team had Coco below right after she gained last year's tournament, also." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand-new booms, fresh reduced through Julien Farel.Captured through Caroline Tompkins.