.Asia lost to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Mug ladies’s group ping pong quarterfinals Saturday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara won her 2-hour, 44-minute position songs match for Japan, planet No. 4 Jasmine Paolini beat 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and also went back to the court for an increases gain by the exact same rating.After being actually down 5-1 in the second collection against Paolini and Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama and also Eri Hozumi kept Asia’s semifinal hopes alive by gaining 3 straight activities yet lost eventually at Martin Carpena Arena.Asia’s Ena Shibahara returns a go to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto during the course of the opening match of their Billie Jean King Mug quarterfinal incorporate Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was actually in 2015’s Billie Jean King Cup second best to Canada. Asia had actually come into the 12-team finals for the very first time under the present event format that was introduced in 2020.” I could not gain aspects at turning points,” Uchijima pointed out. “I didn’t participate in that poor.
I assume I gave her an excellent battle. This experience of playing among the globe’s top gamers will certainly aid my profession.”.Asia’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) speaks with leader Ai Sugiyama during the Billie Jean Master Mug females’s staff tennis quarterfinal association versus Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Former planet No.
1 Naomi Osaka was actually unable to bet Japan in the finals because of accident.In the initial match of the Japan-Italy tie, Shibahara originated from a set down to defeat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Related insurance coverage:.Tennis: Uchijima drops to Olympic champ Zheng at Skillet Pacific Open.