." I merely succeeded and also I desire bangs," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday mid-day of the US Open. She's merely beaten Peyton Stearns-- and also after stretching and also bathing-- her next stop pre-press event is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had been standing by all season to observe Julian as well as receive whacks inspired through Margot Robbie." Much more than 20 years back, hairdresser Julien Farel moved toward the United States Ping Pong Affiliation with a suggestion: a salon where ping pong gamers might drop by for a haircut, design, or even one more form of self-care during the course of the United States Open, some of the absolute most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them 5 years to okay me," Farel, right now 16 years into the beauty salon relationship at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was actually quite persistent given that I knew this would certainly be actually a perk for lots of athletes. And also I corrected. Now, they await this moment to find in and also acquire a hairstyle." Most of the sporting activity's most significant titles have actually rested inside this beauty parlor, which is just available in the course of both weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from long to brief in 2010, that happened right here as well as it was a huge deal. Everybody coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has beinged in these chairs. We possessed Coco right here right after she gained last year's competition, as well." Vekiu0107 and also her new bangs, recently reduced by Julien Farel.Captured by Caroline Tompkins.