." I just won and I want raps," Croatian tennis celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday afternoon of the US Open. She's just beaten Peyton Stearns-- and also after flexing and also showering-- her upcoming stop pre-press event is the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon concealed inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Arena. "I had actually been waiting all time to observe Julian and obtain whacks inspired through Margot Robbie." Much more than two decades earlier, hairdresser Julien Farel moved toward the United States Tennis Organization along with a suggestion: a beauty shop where ping pong gamers could possibly pop in for a haircut, type, or even one more form of self-care in the course of the United States Open, one of one of the most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took them five years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years into the beauty parlor alliance at the Open, informs me with a smile. "I was actually quite constant due to the fact that I recognized this would certainly be a perk for lots of athletes. And also I was right. Today, they expect this instant ahead in and get a haircut." Much of the sport's greatest titles have actually sat inside this beauty salon, which is only open during the course of both full weeks of the competitors: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from lengthy to short in 2010, that happened on this site and also it was actually a significant package. Everybody coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually beinged in these office chairs. Our company possessed Coco listed here right after she won last year's competition, as well." Vekiu0107 and also her new booms, fresh cut through Julien Farel.Photographed by Caroline Tompkins.