." I only won and I desire raps," Croatian tennis star Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She's simply defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after extending as well as showering-- her following stop pre-press event is the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty shop hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been actually standing by all time to view Julian as well as acquire raps encouraged by Margot Robbie." Much more than twenty years back, hair stylist Julien Farel came close to the United States Ping Pong Association with an idea: a hair salon where tennis gamers can stop by for a hairstyle, type, or even another kind of self-care in the course of the United States Open, among one of the most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them five years to okay me," Farel, right now 16 years in to the salon collaboration at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was actually quite chronic because I recognized this would certainly be actually a perk for several athletes. And also I corrected. Today, they expect this instant to follow in as well as acquire a haircut." A lot of the sporting activity's biggest titles have rested inside this beauty salon, which is actually merely available during both full weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from lengthy to quick in 2010, that occurred on this site and it was a major package. Everybody from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has sat in these office chairs. Our company had Coco listed below straight after she succeeded in 2014's event, as well." Vekiu0107 and also her brand new bangs, fresh cut through Julien Farel.Photographed through Caroline Tompkins.