.Asia lost to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Mug females’s staff ping pong quarterfinals Saturday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara succeeded her 2-hour, 44-minute position 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 an increases gain by the very same rating.After being down 5-1 in the second set against Paolini as well as Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama and also Eri Hozumi kept Japan’s semifinal chances active by succeeding three straight video games yet came up short in the end at Martin Carpena Stadium.Asia’s Ena Shibahara returns a try to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto during the opening suit of their Billie Jean King Mug quarterfinal tie in Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was last year’s Billie Jean Master Cup runner-up to Canada. Asia had entered into the 12-team finals for the very first time under the current event style that was offered in 2020.” I could not succeed factors at turning points,” Uchijima stated. “I didn’t participate in that bad.
I think I offered her a good match. This take in of playing among the globe’s top gamers are going to definitely aid my profession.”.Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) speaks with captain Artificial intelligence Sugiyama throughout the Billie Jean Master Mug girls’s team tennis quarterfinal tie versus Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Past globe No.
1 Naomi Osaka was actually incapable to bet Japan in the finals due to personal injury.In the initial suit of the Japan-Italy tie, Shibahara stemmed from a set down to beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Similar protection:.Ping pong: Uchijima drops to Olympic champ Zheng at Pot Pacific Open.