Japan lost to Italy 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Cup women's team tennis quarterfinals Saturday in Malaga, Spain.After Ena Shibahara won her 2-hour, 44-minute opening singles match for Japan, world No. 4 Jasmine Paolini defeated 56th-ranked Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-4 and returned to the court for a doubles win by the same score.After being down 5-1 in the second set against Paolini and Sara Errani, Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi kept Japan's semifinal hopes alive by winning three straight games but came up short in the end at Martin Carpena Arena.Italy was last year's Billie Jean King Cup runner-…READ FULL ARTICLE