.Asia missed to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Mug females’s team ping pong quarterfinals Sunday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara succeeded her 2-hour, 44-minute opening songs match for Japan, world No. 4 Jasmine Paolini defeated 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and came back to the court for a multiplies succeed by the very same credit rating.After being down 5-1 in the 2nd collection versus Paolini as well as Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi always kept Japan’s semifinal hopes alive through gaining three upright games yet lost ultimately at Martin Carpena Arena.Japan’s Ena Shibahara comes back a try to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto throughout the opening match of their Billie Jean King Mug quarterfinal tie in Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was in 2014’s Billie Jean Master Mug second best to Canada. Japan had entered into the 12-team finals for the first time under the existing event layout that was actually introduced in 2020.” I could not succeed factors at crucial moments,” Uchijima claimed. “I didn’t participate in that negative.
I presume I offered her an excellent battle. This take in of playing one of the world’s top players will certainly aid my career.”.Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) talks with leader Ai Sugiyama during the Billie Jean King Mug girls’s team ping pong quarterfinal tie versus Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Former globe No.
1 Naomi Osaka was actually not able to play for Japan in the finals because of accident.In the initial match of the Japan-Italy tie, Shibahara came from a put down to defeat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Relevant coverage:.Tennis: Uchijima loses to Olympic champ Zheng at Frying pan Pacific Open.