Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Rachael Evers

[7.0] "One of the best matches of the tournament. Ridiculous that the fed didn't make a bigger effort to sign Matsumoto and especially that they didn't use Evers in a better way following her injury. She could have been money for them."

[6.0] "I know nothing about Matsumoto and only that Rachel Evers is Rachel Ellering, the daughter of Paul Ellering, which makes me automatically side with her. But Matsumoto is a little bit too tough for her and walks away with the first round victory over Evers in a pretty good match."

[7.0] "This was really solid and one of the best matches of round 1. There was a nice clash of power and a dose of stiffness with everything flowing well. Very impressive showing from both women would have happily seen go through. (***1/2)"

[7.0] "MOTN and best match of the first round. Rachael's got her working boots on and Hiroyo can't have a bad match."

[4.0] "I wasn't too taken with this one. I like Matsumoto quite a bit but I've never been impressed by Ellering, and that was the case here too. Not bad but not too interesting."