.Asia lost to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean Master Mug women’s group tennis quarterfinals Saturday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara won her 2-hour, 44-minute opening single people match for Japan, globe No. 4 Jasmine Paolini defeated 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and went back to the court for an increases succeed due to the same score.After being actually down 5-1 in the second set versus Paolini as well as Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi always kept Asia’s semifinal chances alive by winning 3 upright activities but came up short in the long run at Martin Carpena Field.Asia’s Ena Shibahara returns a go to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto during the position suit of their Billie Jean Master Mug quarterfinal incorporate Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2024.
(Kyodo).Italy was actually in 2014’s Billie Jean Master Mug runner-up to Canada. Asia had actually entered into the 12-team finals for the first time under the present competition layout that was launched in 2020.” I could not succeed factors at crucial moments,” Uchijima claimed. “I didn’t play that bad.
I assume I provided her a great battle. This encounter of participating in some of the world’s top players will most definitely assist my career.”.Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima (R) talks along with captain Ai Sugiyama during the course of the Billie Jean Master Mug females’s group tennis quarterfinal connection versus Italy on Nov. 16, 2024, in Malaga, Spain.Past world No.
1 Naomi Osaka was incapable to play for Asia in the finals due to accident.In the 1st match of the Japan-Italy connection, Shibahara came from a put down to defeat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Relevant coverage:.Ping pong: Uchijima loses to Olympic champ Zheng at Frying pan Pacific Open.