." I simply succeeded and also I wish raps," Croatian tennis superstar Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She is actually just defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after stretching and showering-- her next stop pre-press event is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had been actually hanging around all time to see Julian and also obtain thumps influenced through Margot Robbie." Greater than two decades back, hairdresser Julien Farel approached the USA Ping Pong Organization with a tip: a salon where tennis players could pop in for a haircut, style, or yet another kind of self-care during the course of the United States Open, one of one of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them 5 years to say yes to me," Farel, currently 16 years into the beauty shop alliance at the Open, informs me with a smile. "I was quite relentless due to the fact that I recognized this will be actually a perk for many professional athletes. And I corrected. Today, they await this moment to follow in as well as obtain a hairstyle." Much of the sport's greatest names have actually rested inside this beauty salon, which is only open in the course of the two full weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from lengthy to quick in 2010, that occurred on this site and it was actually a major bargain. Everybody coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these chairs. Our team possessed Coco below straight after she succeeded in 2013's competition, as well." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand-new booms, newly cut by Julien Farel.Photographed by Caroline Tompkins.