." I simply won and also I want raps," Croatian tennis star Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday mid-day of the United States Open. She's only trumped Peyton Stearns-- and after stretching as well as showering-- her upcoming deter pre-press association is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had been hanging around all period to view Julian and also obtain raps inspired through Margot Robbie." Greater than two decades back, hair stylist Julien Farel approached the United States Tennis Affiliation with an idea: a salon where tennis players could possibly stop by for a haircut, style, or even one more kind of self-care in the course of the US Open, among one of the most high-intensity competitions of their year. "It took them 5 years to okay me," Farel, right now 16 years right into the beauty salon partnership at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was quite chronic due to the fact that I knew this would be actually a perk for several athletes. And also I corrected. Today, they wait on this minute to find in and also acquire a haircut." Many of the sport's greatest names have rested inside this salon, which is actually just available in the course of the 2 full weeks of the competitors: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from long to quick in 2010, that took place right here as well as it was actually a significant package. Everyone coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has partaken these office chairs. Our company possessed Coco below straight after she succeeded last year's event, also." Vekiu0107 and also her brand new bangs, newly cut through Julien Farel.Captured On Film by Caroline Tompkins.