.Asia lost to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Cup girls’s staff ping pong quarterfinals Sunday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara won her 2-hour, 44-minute opening singles match for Japan, globe No. 4 Jasmine Paolini defeated 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 as well as returned to the court for a multiplies win by the same score.After being down 5-1 in the 2nd set against Paolini and also Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama and also Eri Hozumi always kept Japan’s semifinal hopes to life through gaining 3 straight games however lost ultimately at Martin Carpena Field.Asia’s Ena Shibahara comes back a go to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto during the position suit of their Billie Jean King Mug quarterfinal tie in Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was actually last year’s Billie Jean King Mug runner-up to Canada. Japan had actually entered into the 12-team finals for the first time under the current competition style that was actually introduced in 2020.” I could not gain aspects at crucial moments,” Uchijima stated. “I really did not play that poor.
I assume I gave her a great fight. This experience of participating in among the globe’s leading players will definitely help my occupation.”.Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) speaks with captain Ai Sugiyama during the course of the Billie Jean Master Cup girls’s staff ping pong quarterfinal tie versus Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Previous globe No.
1 Naomi Osaka was not able to bet Japan in the finals because of trauma.In the initial match of the Japan-Italy connection, Shibahara arised from a set down to beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Relevant protection:.Tennis: Uchijima loses to Olympic champ Zheng at Frying pan Pacific Open.