." I simply won and I want bangs," Croatian tennis star Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday afternoon of the US Open. She's only defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after stretching as well as showering-- her following quit pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had been waiting all time to see Julian and also acquire bangs influenced by Margot Robbie." Greater than twenty years back, hairstylist Julien Farel moved toward the USA Ping Pong Affiliation with a suggestion: a beauty parlor where tennis gamers could possibly come by for a haircut, design, or one more type of self-care during the course of the United States Open, among 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 into the beauty salon relationship at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was really relentless considering that I understood this would certainly be a perk for many professional athletes. As well as I was right. Today, they wait for this instant ahead in as well as get a haircut." A number of the sporting activity's most significant labels have actually sat inside this beauty salon, which is only available in the course of the 2 full weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to short in 2010, that occurred on this site as well as it was actually a major bargain. Everyone coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has beinged in these office chairs. We had Coco listed here straight after she succeeded in 2015's tournament, as well." Vekiu0107 as well as her new bangs, recently cut by Julien Farel.Photographed by Caroline Tompkins.