Asics Gel Resolution 9 'Novak Pack'
Colorway: Tuna Blue/Sun Peach · Style code: 1041A384-960 · Release date: March 5, 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: ASICS Gel Resolution 9 'Paris' (1041A459-750) · Asics Gel Resolution 9 'Antique Red' (1041A330-600) · ASICS Gel Resolution 9 'Hot Pink' (1041A330-700) · ASICS Gel Resolution 9 'White Black' (1041A330-100) · Asics Gel Resolution 9 'Black Blue' (1041A330-001)
Most of the engineering in the GEL-RESOLUTION 9 happens above the midsole. Tennis destroys uppers in ways running never does: the foot pushes laterally against the material on every direction change, and the material stretches until the foot is no longer over the platform. ASICS redesigned DYNAWRAP for this version specifically to cut that deflection, tying the lacing into structural elements that pull the foot down rather than just closing the shoe around it.
The second failure point is the toe. Serving and sliding grind the front outer edge of the shoe against the court, which is why the ninth version uses a reinforced polyurethane construction there; the part of a tennis shoe that usually fails first is the part this one reinforces hardest.
The outsole is AHAR+, ASICS's higher-abrasion rubber compound, and the platform carries a 32.5mm heel against a 21.6mm forefoot. Close to 13.9 ounces, it is a heavy shoe by tennis standards, which is the price of building a structure this rigid.