." I just won and also I desire bangs," Croatian ping pong star Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the US Open. She is actually merely defeated Peyton Stearns-- and after stretching and showering-- her next deter pre-press event is the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty shop concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had actually been waiting all time to find Julian as well as obtain thumps influenced through Margot Robbie." Greater than two decades earlier, hairstylist Julien Farel moved toward the USA Ping Pong Organization with a concept: a beauty shop where ping pong gamers can come by for a hairstyle, type, or one more form of self-care throughout the United States Open, one of one of the most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them five years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years in to the beauty parlor collaboration at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was quite persistent because I knew this will be actually a perk for lots of professional athletes. And also I was right. Right now, they wait for this moment to find in and obtain a hairstyle." Many of the sporting activity's biggest labels have actually sat inside this beauty salon, which is merely open throughout the two full weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from long to short in 2010, that happened on this site and also it was a big package. Everybody coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually sat in these office chairs. Our experts possessed Coco right here right after she won last year's tournament, as well." Vekiu0107 and also her new bangs, fresh cut by Julien Farel.Captured On Film by Caroline Tompkins.