From a glance at the exif data, there seems to be a few areas that had an impact on the quality of the shot. 1/125s is o.k. but at f9 and ISO400. Spot metering instead of partial spot (centre-weighted) would've helped get the exposure right for the subject. Lowest f# available would be better and would've allowed you to use a lower ISO setting... in fact many of the problems here are caused by ISO400 with the resulting image noise (chroma and luma) destroying detail.
Under-exposed images are always the worst for highlighting image noise.
cheers,
Andy
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