." I only gained as well as I yearn for bangs," Croatian ping pong star Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She is actually only trumped Peyton Stearns-- as well as after extending as well as bathing-- her next deter pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had actually been actually hanging around all season to observe Julian as well as obtain bangs influenced by Margot Robbie." Greater than 20 years back, hairdresser Julien Farel approached the USA Ping Pong Association along with a concept: a beauty shop where ping pong gamers might come by for a haircut, type, or yet another type of self-care throughout the US Open, some of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them 5 years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years into the salon partnership at the Open, tells me with a smile. "I was actually extremely constant because I understood this would certainly be a perk for several professional athletes. As well as I corrected. Now, they await this instant ahead in and acquire a hairstyle." Most of the sporting activity's greatest names have actually sat inside this beauty parlor, which is actually merely available in the course of both weeks of the competitors: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from long to brief in 2010, that happened right here as well as it was a significant offer. Everybody from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has sat in these seats. Our company possessed Coco below right after she succeeded last year's competition, as well." Vekiu0107 and her new bangs, fresh cut by Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.