Moyuka Uchijima discusses representing Japan and competing in a team format

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00:00playing for Japan makes me feel really proud we have been qualified from the

00:10such a tough two opponents in April so we are really happy to be back and after

00:15that we all had a great season and it's been the same five girls we played in

00:21the last year finals so all of us is happy to be back and excited to play

00:26this year again it is highlight of my calendar to play this event again in the

00:31final is really special we played in Japan and we played at home that was

00:36a really advantage for us a lot of fame came to support for us and playing in

00:42front of home crowd was really special it's gonna be a bit different for sure

00:46but I personally don't really have a preference to play away or home and it's

00:52always nice to see a lot of fans supporting tennis so yeah I I'm just

00:58really excited to play in front of a lot of fans we are playing great Britain

01:04first obviously they are really strong team and we are just looking forward to

01:09try our best and enjoy every single moment team Japan first of all I will

01:15start with the captain I she's our legend and to have her as a captain for the third

01:20year now I think we started from the Asia group when she became the captain what

01:26she have done for us it's really really special we are just happy to play for the

01:30country and to play also for her because she has been supporting us a lot

01:34Anna she's always like smiling giving a really really good energy to the team and

01:41yeah it's just really nice to hang out with her and get a lot of good energy from

01:47her and Shuko she's our doubles legends to play many many years on tour like her

01:55it's something I think I couldn't imagine so I really have a lot of respect for her

02:02now she's also in the top for Japan tennis for many many years and yeah she's also how

02:11me and my generation to actually come to this finals she also fought through a lot

02:16of the Asian group qualities and so I'm really happy to be in the same thing with

02:22her in the finals and yeah team Japan are ready to play for the final