." I just gained and I really want whacks," Croatian tennis superstar Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the US Open. She's just trumped Peyton Stearns-- and after flexing as well as showering-- her upcoming stop pre-press event is the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had been standing by all season to view Julian and acquire whacks encouraged by Margot Robbie." More than 20 years back, hair stylist Julien Farel came close to the USA Tennis Organization with a tip: a beauty salon where ping pong gamers could visit for a haircut, design, or another type of self-care in the course of the US Open, some of one of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them five years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years in to the beauty salon collaboration at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was actually quite constant because I knew this would be a perk for several athletes. As well as I was right. Now, they wait on this second to find in and also obtain a hairstyle." Many of the sport's biggest labels have actually rested inside this hair salon, which is actually just available throughout the two weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from long to brief in 2010, that happened right here and also it was actually a major bargain. Everyone from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has partaken these chairs. Our experts possessed Coco here straight after she succeeded in 2014's tournament, also." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand-new bangs, freshly reduced by Julien Farel.Photographed through Caroline Tompkins.