.Japan lost 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 position songs match for Asia, planet No. 4 Jasmine Paolini defeated 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and also came back to the court for a multiplies win by the same rating.After being actually down 5-1 in the second set versus Paolini and also Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama and also Eri Hozumi kept Japan’s semifinal hopes alive through succeeding 3 straight video games but came up short eventually at Martin Carpena Arena.Asia’s Ena Shibahara returns a try to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto during the course of the opening suit of their Billie Jean Master Cup quarterfinal incorporate Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was last year’s Billie Jean King Mug second best to Canada. Asia had come into the 12-team finals for the very first time under the present event layout that was launched in 2020.” I couldn’t gain points at turning points,” Uchijima pointed out. “I failed to play that bad.
I think I gave her a really good fight. This encounter of participating in some of the planet’s best gamers will definitely help my job.”.Asia’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) talks along with leader Artificial intelligence Sugiyama during the Billie Jean King Mug girls’s crew ping pong quarterfinal connection against 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 due to accident.In the initial match of the Japan-Italy connection, Shibahara arised from a set down to trump Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Relevant protection:.Tennis: Uchijima loses to Olympic champ Zheng at Pan Pacific Open.