.Japan lost to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Cup girls’s team ping pong quarterfinals Sunday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara gained her 2-hour, 44-minute position singles match for Japan, globe No. 4 Jasmine Paolini beat 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and came back to the court for a doubles succeed due to the exact same rating.After being down 5-1 in the second collection against Paolini and Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama as well as Eri Hozumi maintained Asia’s semifinal chances to life by winning 3 straight activities however came up short in the long run at Martin Carpena Field.Japan’s Ena Shibahara returns a shot to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto during the course of the position match of their Billie Jean Master Mug quarterfinal incorporate Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was in 2014’s Billie Jean Master Mug second best to Canada. Asia had actually entered the 12-team finals for the first time under the existing competition style that was launched in 2020.” I couldn’t gain factors at turning points,” Uchijima stated. “I didn’t play that bad.
I believe I gave her a great match. This encounter of participating in one of the planet’s leading players will most definitely help my occupation.”.Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) talks with leader Ai Sugiyama during the course of the Billie Jean King Cup females’s staff ping pong quarterfinal connection against Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Former world No.
1 Naomi Osaka was unable to play for Japan in the finals as a result of injury.In the initial match of the Japan-Italy association, Shibahara stemmed from an ascribed to beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Related coverage:.Ping pong: Uchijima drops to Olympic champ Zheng at Pan Pacific Open.