." I simply won as well as I really want raps," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She's only defeated Peyton Stearns-- as well as after flexing and also showering-- her upcoming cease pre-press event is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty shop hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had actually been waiting all period to see Julian and obtain whacks influenced through Margot Robbie." Much more than 20 years earlier, hairstylist Julien Farel moved toward the United States Ping Pong Association with an idea: a beauty parlor where ping pong players could possibly come by for a hairstyle, design, or even an additional type of self-care during the course of the US Open, some of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them five years to okay me," Farel, currently 16 years right into the beauty salon relationship at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was actually quite constant because I recognized this would be a perk for numerous athletes. As well as I was right. Today, they wait on this moment to come in and acquire a haircut." A number of the sport's greatest labels have actually rested inside this beauty salon, which is simply available during both full weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair coming from lengthy to short in 2010, that took place on this site and also it was a significant offer. Everyone coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually beinged in these chairs. Our experts had Coco listed here straight after she succeeded in 2015's competition, also." Vekiu0107 as well as her brand new booms, freshly cut by Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.