." I merely won and also I wish whacks," Croatian tennis star Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She's only beaten Peyton Stearns-- and also after extending and also showering-- her next cease pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty parlor hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been actually hanging around all period to see Julian as well as acquire raps inspired through Margot Robbie." Greater than 20 years earlier, hairdresser Julien Farel approached the United States Tennis Association along with a concept: a salon where tennis players might come by for a haircut, style, or even an additional kind of self-care during the course of the United States Open, some of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them 5 years to say yes to me," Farel, right now 16 years into the beauty shop collaboration at the Open, informs me with a smile. "I was actually extremely constant given that I recognized this would be actually a perk for a lot of professional athletes. As well as I was right. Right now, they wait on this second to come in and get a hairstyle." Much of the sporting activity's most significant labels have actually rested inside this beauty parlor, which is actually just available during the two weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from long to quick in 2010, that occurred right here as well as it was a major package. Everybody from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually beinged in these seats. Our company had Coco listed here straight after she won in 2015's competition, too." Vekiu0107 and her brand new booms, recently reduced by Julien Farel.Captured by Caroline Tompkins.