." I simply won as well as I prefer whacks," Croatian tennis star Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She is actually simply trumped Peyton Stearns-- as well as after stretching and bathing-- her next cease pre-press conference is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty parlor hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had actually been actually waiting all period to see Julian and receive bangs influenced through Margot Robbie." More than 20 years back, hairdresser Julien Farel came close to the United States Tennis Affiliation with an idea: a salon where tennis gamers might come by for a haircut, style, or another type of self-care during the United States Open, some of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them five years to okay me," Farel, currently 16 years right into the hair salon collaboration at the Open, informs me along with a smile. "I was actually extremely consistent given that I knew this would certainly be actually a perk for a lot of sportsmens. As well as I corrected. Today, they wait on this second to follow in as well as acquire a haircut." Much of the sporting activity's most significant names have actually sat inside this beauty parlor, which is actually simply available during the course of the 2 weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to brief in 2010, that took place right here and also it was a large deal. Everyone coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these chairs. Our team possessed Coco listed here right after she gained last year's tournament, as well." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand new booms, newly reduced through Julien Farel.Captured through Caroline Tompkins.