.Japan lost to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean Master Mug females’s staff tennis quarterfinals Sunday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara gained her 2-hour, 44-minute opening single people match for Japan, world No. 4 Jasmine Paolini beat 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and also came back to the court for an increases succeed by the same score.After being down 5-1 in the 2nd collection versus Paolini as well as Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama as well as Eri Hozumi always kept Asia’s semifinal chances to life by succeeding 3 straight games however came up short in the end at Martin Carpena Stadium.Japan’s Ena Shibahara comes back a chance to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto throughout the opening suit of their Billie Jean Master Mug quarterfinal incorporate Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was in 2015’s Billie Jean King Mug runner-up to Canada. Asia had come into the 12-team finals for the very first time under the existing event layout that was presented in 2020.” I couldn’t win points at crucial moments,” Uchijima said. “I didn’t play that bad.
I presume I provided her a great match. This experience of playing one of the world’s best gamers will most definitely help my career.”.Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) talks with leader Ai Sugiyama in the course of the Billie Jean King Cup women’s staff ping pong quarterfinal association versus Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Past planet No.
1 Naomi Osaka was unable to bet Japan in the finals as a result of injury.In the very first match of the Japan-Italy association, Shibahara originated from a put down to trump Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Associated insurance coverage:.Ping pong: Uchijima sheds to Olympic champ Zheng at Pan Pacific Open.