." I just succeeded and I prefer raps," Croatian tennis superstar Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday afternoon of the US Open. She's only defeated Peyton Stearns-- as well as after flexing as well as showering-- her next deter pre-press event is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had actually been actually standing by all period to see Julian as well as obtain whacks influenced by Margot Robbie." Greater than 20 years earlier, hair stylist Julien Farel moved toward the USA Ping Pong Association along with an idea: a beauty salon where tennis gamers could come over for a hairstyle, type, or one more kind of self-care in the course of the US Open, some of the best high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them five years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years right into the hair salon relationship at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was actually really persistent given that I knew this will be actually a perk for many professional athletes. As well as I was right. Right now, they wait for this minute ahead in and obtain a haircut." Much of the sport's most significant titles have actually rested inside this salon, which is only open during the course of the 2 full weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from long to brief in 2010, that happened on this site and also it was a large deal. Everyone coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these seats. Our team had Coco listed here straight after she succeeded in 2013's tournament, also." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand new booms, fresh cut through Julien Farel.Captured On Film by Caroline Tompkins.