Asics Tennis Stars Update

Written by: Staff on 24th October 2013

Asics Tennis Stars Update |

Swiss Indoors in Basel Switzerland

Florent Serra

Vasek Pospisil (ASICS FW & APP) advanced to the quarter-finals as he avenged his loss last week to Robin Haase with a 6-4, 6-4 win in the first round and today beat 6’11” Ivo Karlovic 6-3, 6-4 who had previously upset world #7 Tomas Berdych just one day prior! Vasek joins the hometown favorite Roger Federer, upstart Grigor Dimitrov and Juan Martin Del Potro and four others in the final eight

Richard Gasquet (ASICS FW), Kenny De Schepper (ASICS FW & APP) and Denis Kudla (ASICS FW) all lost in the first round

Valencia Open 500 in Valencia, Spain

Gael Monfils

Gael Monfils (ASICS FW & APP), with his new hairstyle intact, had a tough draw and lost to the #1 seed and current #3 player in the world David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2

The #2 seeded team of Bruno Soares (ASICS FW & APP) & Alexander Peya advanced to the quarter-finals of the doubles draw

Scotty Lipsky (ASICS FW & APP) & Santiago Gonzalez (ASICS FW & APP) also advanced to the quarter-finals but lost a close match today to the #1 team in the world, the Bryan Bros 6-4, 7-5.

Tommy Haas (ASICS FW) who just reached a career high doubles ranking last month & his partner Andre Sa (ASICS FW & APP) have yet to drop a set and advanced to the semi-finals with their 6-1, 6-3 win today over the #4 seeds and will be playing the Bryan Bros in the semis

Saguenay $50K Challenger in Saguenay, Canada

Albert Montanes

#2 seed Coco Vandeweghe (ASICS FW & APP) advanced to the quarterfinals where she will face the #6 seed Alize Lim from France

Julia Boserup (ASICS FW & APP) advanced to the second round but lost to the #1 seed Timea Babos in three sets

Bendigo $50K Challenger in Bendigo, Australia

#1 seed Irina Falconi (ASICS FW & APP) advanced to the semis today with her 7-5, 6-4 win over the #5 seed Sachie Ishizu from Japan. Irina has won 11 out of her last 13 matches, advancing to the finals of her last two challengers. Irina is also currently in the quarter-finals of the doubles draw

Topics: 10sballs, Asics, Gael Monfils, Ivo Karlovic, Kenny De Schepper, Richard Gasquet, Robin Haase, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, Tomas Berdych, Tommy Haas, Vasek Pospisil