.Japan missed to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Mug ladies’s staff ping pong quarterfinals Sunday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara succeeded her 2-hour, 44-minute opening singles match for Asia, planet No. 4 Jasmine Paolini beat 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 as well as returned to the court for a doubles succeed by the exact same score.After being down 5-1 in the second set against Paolini and also Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama as well as Eri Hozumi maintained Asia’s semifinal chances to life through succeeding 3 straight video games but came up short in the end at Martin Carpena Field.Asia’s Ena Shibahara returns a shot to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the course of the position match of their Billie Jean Master Mug quarterfinal tie in Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was actually in 2014’s Billie Jean King Cup runner-up to Canada. Japan had actually entered the 12-team finals for the very first time under the present competition layout that was actually offered in 2020.” I could not gain points at turning points,” Uchijima mentioned. “I really did not participate in that negative.
I believe I provided her a great battle. This encounter of participating in one of the world’s leading gamers will undoubtedly help my occupation.”.Asia’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) talks with captain Ai Sugiyama in the course of the Billie Jean King Mug ladies’s group ping pong quarterfinal tie versus Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Past world No.
1 Naomi Osaka was incapable to play for Japan in the finals as a result of personal injury.In the very first match of the Japan-Italy connection, Shibahara originated from an ascribed to beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Related protection:.Ping pong: Uchijima sheds to Olympic champ Zheng at Pot Pacific Open.