ASICS Gel Resolution 9 'Hot Pink'
Colorway: Hot Pink/Black · Style code: 1041A330-700 · Release date: September 21, 2024 · Price: $474 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Gel Resolution 9 'Black Blue' (1041A330-001) · ASICS Gel Resolution 9 'White Black' (1041A330-100) · ASICS Gel Resolution 9 'White Restful Teal' (1041A330-101) · ASICS Gel Resolution 9 'White Blue Expanse Koi' (1041A330-102) · ASICS Gel Resolution 9 'Asia Tour Collection' (1041A330-103)
ASICS launched the GEL-RESOLUTION 9 in January 2023 for a specific kind of tennis player: the one who lives on the baseline, absorbs the shot from a wide position and has to stop and reverse rather than glide. Almost every change from the previous model serves that job. The DYNAWALL structure was extended and stiffened for lateral and heel support, DYNAWRAP was redrawn to cut how much the upper deflects under load, and the outsole was reshaped with a larger contact area. ASICS measured the result at 4.4% more dynamic braking force than the GEL-RESOLUTION 8.
The cost is weight. At close to 13.9 ounces it sits about an ounce above the average tennis shoe, and the 32.5mm heel against a 21.6mm forefoot gives it a steep drop that favours hard landings over quick low footwork. The toebox is reinforced polyurethane, built to survive the toe-drag that destroys most tennis uppers.
This pair puts all of that under a bright pink synthetic upper with black on the sole and trim.