." I merely succeeded as well as I want raps," Croatian ping pong celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She is actually merely defeated Peyton Stearns-- and also after flexing and bathing-- her next deter pre-press association is the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had actually been standing by all time to find Julian as well as obtain raps inspired through Margot Robbie." Much more than 20 years ago, hairdresser Julien Farel approached the United States Ping Pong Association along with a concept: a beauty shop where ping pong players can stop by for a hairstyle, design, or another type of self-care during the United States Open, among the absolute most high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them 5 years to okay me," Farel, now 16 years right into the beauty salon partnership at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was actually quite constant given that I recognized this would be a perk for several professional athletes. As well as I corrected. Today, they expect this instant ahead in and also receive a hairstyle." Many of the sport's most significant titles have sat inside this beauty salon, which is only open in the course of the two full weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from lengthy to quick in 2010, that happened right here and it was actually a big deal. Everybody coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these seats. Our experts had Coco below right after she succeeded in 2014's event, also." Vekiu0107 and her brand new bangs, fresh reduced through Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.