." I merely succeeded and I wish bangs," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the US Open. She's simply trumped Peyton Stearns-- and also after extending and showering-- her upcoming cease pre-press conference is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty shop hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had actually been actually hanging around all period to see Julian as well as obtain whacks encouraged by Margot Robbie." Greater than two decades ago, hairdresser Julien Farel approached the United States Tennis Organization along with a tip: a beauty parlor where ping pong gamers can pop in for a haircut, type, or even an additional type of self-care during the course of the US Open, one of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them 5 years to okay me," Farel, right now 16 years in to the beauty parlor alliance at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was very constant due to the fact that I understood this would be actually a perk for lots of sportsmens. And I corrected. Right now, they await this minute to find in as well as obtain a haircut." A lot of the sport's largest titles have actually rested inside this beauty parlor, which is just open throughout both weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from long to brief in 2010, that happened right here and it was a large package. Everybody coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these chairs. Our team had Coco right here straight after she won in 2014's tournament, also." Vekiu0107 and also her brand new booms, freshly reduced by Julien Farel.Captured On Film by Caroline Tompkins.