." I merely won and also I really want bangs," Croatian ping pong superstar Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday afternoon of the US Open. She is actually only beaten Peyton Stearns-- as well as after flexing as well as showering-- her upcoming quit pre-press conference is the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had been actually waiting all season to view Julian and obtain whacks influenced through Margot Robbie." Much more than 20 years ago, hairdresser Julien Farel came close to the United States Ping Pong Affiliation along with a suggestion: a hair salon where tennis gamers could possibly drop by for a hairstyle, style, or even another type of self-care throughout the US Open, one of the absolute most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them five years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years in to the hair salon partnership at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was actually quite consistent considering that I recognized this will be a perk for numerous athletes. And also I corrected. Today, they wait on this instant to find in as well as acquire a haircut." Most of the sport's biggest names have sat inside this salon, which is merely open during the course of both full weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to brief in 2010, that took place right here and also it was actually a huge bargain. Everyone coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually beinged in these office chairs. Our experts possessed Coco listed below right after she succeeded in 2013's competition, also." Vekiu0107 and also her new bangs, newly reduced through Julien Farel.Photographed by Caroline Tompkins.