." I just succeeded and also I want bangs," Croatian ping pong star Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She is actually only trumped Peyton Stearns-- and also after stretching and showering-- her upcoming cease pre-press conference is the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had been actually standing by all period to view Julian and also acquire whacks influenced by Margot Robbie." Much more than two decades earlier, hair stylist Julien Farel approached the United States Ping Pong Association with a suggestion: a beauty parlor where ping pong players can stop by for a hairstyle, type, or even another type of self-care during the course of the United States Open, among the absolute most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them 5 years to say yes to me," Farel, currently 16 years in to the hair salon partnership at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was actually quite persistent given that I understood this would certainly be actually a perk for a lot of professional athletes. As well as I corrected. Now, they wait for this second to find in and obtain a hairstyle." Most of the sporting activity's largest labels have rested inside this salon, which is actually only open during the two full weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from lengthy to quick in 2010, that occurred on this site and also it was a large package. Everybody coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these seats. Our company had Coco right here straight after she won in 2015's competition, too." Vekiu0107 and her new booms, newly cut by Julien Farel.Captured by Caroline Tompkins.