.Asia missed to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Mug girls’s team ping pong quarterfinals Saturday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara succeeded her 2-hour, 44-minute opening songs match for Japan, globe No. 4 Jasmine Paolini beat 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and also went back to the court for a multiplies succeed due to the same score.After being down 5-1 in the 2nd set against Paolini as well as Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama as well as Eri Hozumi kept Japan’s semifinal chances alive through winning 3 upright video games however lost eventually at Martin Carpena Field.Asia’s Ena Shibahara returns a chance to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto during the position suit of their Billie Jean Master Cup quarterfinal incorporate Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was in 2013’s Billie Jean King Cup runner-up to Canada. Asia had entered the 12-team finals for the very first time under the present event format that was introduced in 2020.” I could not gain factors at crucial moments,” Uchijima stated. “I failed to play that negative.
I assume I provided her an excellent match. This encounter of participating in among the world’s top gamers are going to undoubtedly assist my occupation.”.Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) talks along with leader Ai Sugiyama in the course of the Billie Jean King Mug girls’s team tennis quarterfinal association against Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Former world No.
1 Naomi Osaka was unable to play for Asia in the finals because of personal injury.In the initial match of the Japan-Italy association, Shibahara arised from a put down to trump Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Related coverage:.Tennis: Uchijima loses to Olympic champ Zheng at Frying pan Pacific Open.