Iga Swiatek and Hugo Gaston get contract extensions
You have to catch the stars or bind them to you when they are still young. A Japanese outfitter thought about it.
by tennisnet.com
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Dec 17, 2020, 10:45 pm
Supplier changes in tennis are not uncommon, especially not at a young age: Alexander Zverev celebrated his first successes in clothes from Nike, then switched to Adidas. Naomi Osaka went the other way around and is now wearing the US manufacturer's outfits. Which, in turn, Roger Federer left almost two years ago for Uniqlo.
This is exactly what ASICS wanted to avoid - and signed Iga Swiatek , the reigning French Open winner, for a long time. Swiatek had already worn the clothes of the Japanese in Roland Garros. Just like Hugo Gaston, who beat Stan Wawrinka on the Bois de Boulogne and tormented Dominic Thiem with countless stops over five sentences. Both investments in the future, as ASICS says.
On the other hand, renowned players are already under contract there with Gael Monfils and David Goffin .
A few years ago, Simona Halep , whose contract with Adidas was not renewed, discovered that great successes do not also mean major supplier contracts. For a while, the Romanian played without a fixed partner until she finally came to an agreement with Nike.