Olympic bronze medallist Chelsie Giles marked her return to the tatami with Grand Slam silver as Lucy Renshall struck gold in Baku.
Giles's first competition since Tokyo 2020 saw her collect a sixth career medal at Grand Slam level, continuing an incredible year for the judoka.
After a bye in the opening round, she negotiated two gruelling contests against Russian opposition. The 24-year-old beat European junior champion Liliia Nugaeva in the Golden Score period and then Anastasia Polikarpova by ippon with ten seconds remaining.
Hungary's Reka Pupp, who finished fifth in Tokyo, proved a step too far in the -52kg final.
"I felt a little rusty today but I am so glad to be back competing again," said Giles.
"I would like to thank my support team getting me ready for the competition and the National Lottery for their continued support of me and my team mates."
It was a successful week for the British contingent as they returned from Azerbaijan with three medals.
Tokyo Olympian Lucy Renshall led the way with gold in the -63kg category, her second Grand Slam victory of the year.
In the quarter-finals Renshall produced a great piece of progressive newaza to defeat Gabriella Moraes to win her opening contest.
Austria's Katharina Haecker was punished with three penalty shidos in the semi-finals handing Renshall at least a silver medal.
In the closing stages of the final, Renshall trusted in her ability in newaza again to hold her opponent Boldyn Gankhaich down for 20 seconds.
Renshall said: “I’m so happy to win my second Grand Slam gold medal today.
"It was a tough day, but to come out on top if a fantastic feeling. I would like to thank Jamie (Johnson) for supporting me all day.”
Meanwhile, Kelly Petersen-Pollard's excellent debut season on the IJF World Tour continued with bronze at -70kg.
The 22-year-old was beaten in her quarter-final and fought through the repechage, defeating Julie Hoelterhoff by waza-ari to bag bronze.
“Today wasn’t my best performance, but the fact I am walking away with a bronze medal shows how I have progressed as an athlete in a short period," said the Brit.
"I know what I need to work on going forwards but what was particularly pleasing was seeing what I have been working off in training work for me today. I am now looking forward to a hard weeks training in Albania.”
Sportsbeat 2021