." I just won as well as I want raps," Croatian tennis celebrity Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the US Open. She is actually merely defeated Peyton Stearns-- as well as after extending as well as bathing-- her upcoming deter pre-press conference is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I had been actually waiting all season to see Julian and get raps influenced through Margot Robbie." Much more than 20 years ago, hairstylist Julien Farel approached the USA Tennis Organization along with a suggestion: a beauty shop where tennis gamers could stop by for a hairstyle, type, or even an additional form of self-care throughout the United States Open, among the best high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them 5 years to okay me," Farel, currently 16 years in to the hair salon partnership at the Open, informs me with a smile. "I was really persistent since I understood this will be a perk for many professional athletes. As well as I was right. Today, they expect this second to come in and receive a hairstyle." Much of the sport's biggest names have rested inside this salon, which is just open during the course of both full weeks of the competitors: "I reduced Rafael Nadal's hair from long to quick in 2010, that occurred right here and it was a large deal. Everyone coming from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has actually beinged in these chairs. Our experts possessed Coco listed here straight after she won in 2015's event, too." Vekiu0107 and her brand new booms, freshly cut through Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.