.Asia missed to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean Master Cup women’s group tennis quarterfinals Sunday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara succeeded her 2-hour, 44-minute opening singles match for Asia, world No. 4 Jasmine Paolini beat 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and also went back to the court for an increases win by the exact same credit rating.After being actually down 5-1 in the 2nd set against Paolini and also Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi kept Asia’s semifinal chances alive through succeeding 3 straight activities yet came up short eventually at Martin Carpena Stadium.Japan’s Ena Shibahara returns a shot to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto during the course of the position match of their Billie Jean King Cup quarterfinal incorporate Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was in 2014’s Billie Jean King Mug second best to Canada. Japan had actually entered the 12-team finals for the first time under the current event format that was actually launched in 2020.” I couldn’t succeed points at crucial moments,” Uchijima said. “I really did not participate in that poor.
I presume I gave her a good match. This experience of participating in some of the globe’s top players are going to certainly help my occupation.”.Asia’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) speaks along with leader Ai Sugiyama during the Billie Jean King Cup females’s group ping pong quarterfinal tie versus Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Past world No.
1 Naomi Osaka was actually unable to play for Japan in the finals due to trauma.In the 1st match of the Japan-Italy connection, Shibahara stemmed from an ascribed to defeat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Associated protection:.Ping pong: Uchijima drops to Olympic champ Zheng at Pot Pacific Open.