The final of the Grand Slam in Baku U63kg between Van Den Berg (NED) and Israel’s Shemesh, who had made her way to the final quietly and without pretentiousness, was fought honestly and with humility on show from both. There were shidos to begin with but Shemesh eventually found her rhythm and used a counter we have seen many times before to win her second grand slam gold. It was disappointing for the Dutch fighter, who saw her first gold on the WJT slip away.