.Asia lost to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Cup females’s crew ping pong quarterfinals Sunday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara won her 2-hour, 44-minute opening single people match for Japan, globe No. 4 Jasmine Paolini defeated 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and went back to the court for an increases win due to the same credit rating.After being actually down 5-1 in the 2nd collection against Paolini and also Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi kept Asia’s semifinal hopes to life through winning 3 upright games but lost in the long run at Martin Carpena Arena.Asia’s Ena Shibahara returns a go to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto during the position suit of their Billie Jean Master Mug quarterfinal tie in Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was actually last year’s Billie Jean King Mug second best to Canada. Japan had come into the 12-team finals for the very first time under the existing tournament format that was actually offered in 2020.” I couldn’t gain aspects at crucial moments,” Uchijima mentioned. “I really did not participate in that negative.
I assume I provided her a good battle. This encounter of playing one of the globe’s top gamers will most definitely assist my career.”.Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) speaks with captain Ai Sugiyama during the course of the Billie Jean King Cup girls’s staff ping pong quarterfinal tie against Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Previous planet No.
1 Naomi Osaka was actually incapable to play for Japan in the finals due to injury.In the very first match of the Japan-Italy association, Shibahara originated from a set down to trump Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Similar protection:.Tennis: Uchijima drops to Olympic champ Zheng at Skillet Pacific Open.