." I merely gained and I prefer thumps," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the US Open. She is actually merely defeated Peyton Stearns-- and after extending as well as bathing-- her following cease pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been standing by all time to observe Julian and also acquire bangs encouraged by Margot Robbie." Much more than twenty years ago, hairstylist Julien Farel came close to the USA Tennis Association along with a tip: a salon where tennis gamers might come by for a hairstyle, type, or even one more kind of self-care during the US Open, some of one of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them 5 years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years right into the salon collaboration at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was actually quite chronic since I recognized this would be a perk for numerous athletes. And I was right. Right now, they wait on this moment to find in as well as acquire a hairstyle." A lot of the sporting activity's largest labels have rested inside this beauty salon, which is actually simply open in the course of the two full weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to short in 2010, that occurred right here and also it was a large bargain. Everyone coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these seats. We had Coco listed here right after she succeeded in 2015's event, too." Vekiu0107 and also her new booms, recently cut through Julien Farel.Captured through Caroline Tompkins.