." I just gained as well as I wish whacks," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday afternoon of the US Open. She is actually only beaten Peyton Stearns-- and after extending as well as showering-- her next quit pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty parlor hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had been actually standing by all season to see Julian as well as get whacks motivated by Margot Robbie." More than two decades ago, hairstylist Julien Farel approached the United States Tennis Affiliation along with a suggestion: a beauty parlor where tennis players might come by for a haircut, style, or even an additional form of self-care throughout the US Open, some of the best high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them 5 years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years right into the hair salon alliance at the Open, informs me along with a smile. "I was actually very persistent considering that I recognized this would certainly be actually a perk for numerous sportsmens. As well as I corrected. Today, they wait for this minute ahead in as well as receive a haircut." A number of the sport's greatest labels have sat inside this beauty shop, which is just open during the course of the 2 full weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from long to quick in 2010, that took place right here as well as it was actually a huge package. Everybody from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually sat in these chairs. We possessed Coco here right after she succeeded in 2014's event, also." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand new booms, freshly reduced by Julien Farel.Photographed through Caroline Tompkins.