." I simply won and I desire bangs," Croatian tennis star Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She's simply defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after stretching and bathing-- her following deter pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty parlor hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had been hanging around all season to view Julian and also receive whacks inspired by Margot Robbie." More than two decades earlier, hairdresser Julien Farel approached the United States Tennis Organization along with a tip: a beauty salon where tennis gamers can stop by for a hairstyle, type, or another form of self-care throughout the US Open, among the absolute most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them 5 years to okay me," Farel, currently 16 years right into the hair salon relationship at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was quite persistent considering that I knew this would be actually a perk for several professional athletes. And I corrected. Right now, they wait on this second to find in and receive a haircut." Most of the sporting activity's most significant labels have sat inside this beauty parlor, which is just open during the course of the 2 full weeks of the competition: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from long to quick in 2010, that occurred on this site and also it was actually a big bargain. Everyone from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has sat in these seats. We had Coco right here right after she gained last year's competition, too." Vekiu0107 and her brand new bangs, newly reduced by Julien Farel.Captured by Caroline Tompkins.