.” I just succeeded and also I wish bangs,” Croatian ping pong superstar Donna Vekiu0107 proclaims Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She’s simply defeated Peyton Stearns– and after stretching and also bathing– her upcoming stop pre-press event is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty shop hidden inside Queens’s Arthur Ashe Arena. “I had actually been actually hanging around all season to find Julian and also acquire whacks motivated through Margot Robbie.” More than two decades back, hair stylist Julien Farel approached the USA Tennis Affiliation along with a tip: a beauty shop where ping pong players could stop by for a haircut, design, or even one more form of self-care during the course of the United States Open, one of the most high-intensity competitions of their year.
“It took them 5 years to say yes to me,” Farel, now 16 years into the beauty shop collaboration at the Open, informs me along with a smile. “I was actually really persistent given that I knew this would be actually a perk for lots of sportsmens. As well as I was right.
Today, they wait on this moment to come in and get a hairstyle.” A number of the sport’s greatest names have actually rested inside this salon, which is actually simply available throughout the two full weeks of the competition: “I reduced Rafael Nadal’s hair from long to short in 2010, that happened right here as well as it was a major deal. Everyone from Billie Jean Master to [Martina] Navratilova has beinged in these seats. We possessed Coco listed here right after she gained last year’s event, too.” Vekiu0107 as well as her brand new bangs, recently cut through Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.