.Japan lost to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean Master Mug women’s team ping pong quarterfinals Saturday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara succeeded her 2-hour, 44-minute position singles match for Japan, planet No. 4 Jasmine Paolini beat 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and returned to the court for an increases gain due to the same score.After being actually down 5-1 in the 2nd collection versus Paolini and Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama as well as Eri Hozumi maintained Asia’s semifinal hopes to life through succeeding 3 straight games but lost in the long run at Martin Carpena Arena.Japan’s Ena Shibahara comes back a try to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the course of the opening suit of their Billie Jean Master Cup quarterfinal tie in Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was last year’s Billie Jean King Mug second best to Canada. Asia had entered into the 12-team finals for the very first time under the existing competition style that was actually introduced in 2020.” I couldn’t succeed aspects at crucial moments,” Uchijima mentioned. “I didn’t participate in that negative.
I believe I offered her an excellent match. This experience of participating in some of the planet’s best players are going to definitely assist my occupation.”.Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) speaks along with leader Ai Sugiyama during the course of the Billie Jean Master Cup females’s group ping pong quarterfinal tie against Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Previous world No.
1 Naomi Osaka was incapable to bet Asia in the finals because of accident.In the first suit of the Japan-Italy connection, Shibahara came from a set down to trump Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Similar insurance coverage:.Tennis: Uchijima loses to Olympic champ Zheng at Skillet Pacific Open.