.” I just succeeded and I prefer bangs,” Croatian ping pong star Donna Vekiu0107 declares Friday mid-day of the US Open. She’s merely beaten Peyton Stearns– and after extending and also showering– her following deter pre-press event is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up hair salon concealed inside Queens’s Arthur Ashe Arena. “I had actually been actually waiting all time to observe Julian as well as obtain whacks motivated by Margot Robbie.” Greater than 20 years earlier, hair stylist Julien Farel approached the United States Tennis Affiliation along with a tip: a salon where ping pong players could possibly drop by for a hairstyle, design, or another type of self-care during the course of the US Open, among the absolute most high-intensity competitors of their year.
“It took them five years to okay me,” Farel, currently 16 years in to the beauty parlor relationship at the Open, informs me with a smile. “I was very constant because I recognized this will be a perk for several professional athletes. And also I was right.
Today, they wait on this instant to come in as well as receive a haircut.” Most of the sporting activity’s most significant names have sat inside this hair salon, which is actually simply open during the 2 full weeks of the competition: “I cut Rafael Nadal’s hair from long to short in 2010, that took place right here and also it was actually a major package. Everybody coming from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually sat in these chairs. Our team possessed Coco listed below right after she gained in 2013’s event, also.” Vekiu0107 and also her brand-new bangs, recently reduced by Julien Farel.Photographed through Caroline Tompkins.