." I simply succeeded and I yearn for raps," Croatian tennis star Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She is actually only trumped Peyton Stearns-- as well as after extending and also bathing-- her following cease pre-press conference is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty shop concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been hanging around all period to observe Julian and also get bangs motivated by Margot Robbie." More than twenty years ago, hairstylist Julien Farel approached the USA Tennis Organization along with an idea: a hair salon where tennis players could possibly drop by for a haircut, type, or even an additional form of self-care in the course of the US Open, some of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them five years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years into the beauty salon partnership at the Open, informs me with a smile. "I was quite persistent since I knew this will be actually a perk for numerous sportsmens. As well as I corrected. Now, they await this minute ahead in and acquire a haircut." Many of the sport's most significant labels have actually rested inside this hair salon, which is actually just available throughout the two weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to brief in 2010, that occurred right here and it was actually a huge deal. Everybody coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually sat in these seats. Our team had Coco right here straight after she succeeded in 2015's event, as well." Vekiu0107 and also her new bangs, freshly cut by Julien Farel.Captured by Caroline Tompkins.