The 24-year-old beat compatriot Aslan Lappinagov, who won bronze at the 2017 European Championships in Warsaw, with a waza-ari from a left-sided ko-uchi-gari to take home the gold medal.

One of the bronze medals was taken by another Russian, Alan Khubetsov, whilst Frank de Wit of The Netherlands took the other at the Yubileyny Sports Palace.

The Dutchman now tops the world rankings on 3,906 points.

The under-90kg men's category was won by Beka Gviniashvili of Georgia who defeated South Korean Gwak Donghan in the final to take his second Masters title.

Spain's Nikoloz Sherazadishvili picked up bronze along with Kenta Nagasawa of Japan.

There was more success for Georgia in the men's under-100kg event as national team captain Varlam Liparteliani, who won silver at the Rio 2016 Olympics in the under-90kg category, defeated Michael Korrel of The Netherlands in the final with a makikomi for a waza-ari.

The bronze medals went to Miklos Cirjenics of Hungary and Azerbaijan’s Elkhan Mammadov.

The heaviest weight category of the day, the men's over-100kg, was also won by a Georgian with Guram Tushishvili claiming the title, adding to the gold he won at the 2017 European Championships in Warsaw, Poland.

He defeated world number one David Moura of Brazil in the final. 

Moura's Masters silver medal adds to the silver he claimed at the Budapest 2017 European Championships.

Alex Garcia Mendoz picked up bronze for Cuba along with Rafael Silva of Brazil.

The first women's final of the day saw Maria Portela of Brazil, who competed at London 2012 and Rio 2016, take the gold in the under-70kg by beating Croatia's Barbara Matic, a two-time junior champion in this weight category.

The Brazilian sent over her Croatian opponent with te-waza as she anticipated the forward movement of her opponent and followed up with osaekomi after a hard-fought contest.

The two bronze medal places were won by Anna Bernholm of Sweden and Marie Eve Gahie of France.

The winner of the next weight category, the under-78kg, was Marhinde Verkerk of The Netherlands, the 2009 world champion, who defeated France's Madeleine Malonga to take her first Masters title.

There were more medals for Dutch athletes to add to Verkerk's gold in the under-78kg as Guusje Steenhuis, the current world number one, and Karen Stevenson took home the two bronze medals on offer.

World champion Mayra Aguiar of Brazil could only finish seventh.

The final women's category, the over-78kg, was won by Kim Min-jeong of South Korea, who defeated Cuba's Idalys Ortiz in the final to clinch the world number one spot.

Brazilian athlete Maria Suelen Altheman claimed bronze along with Larisa Ceric, who won Bosnia and Herzegovina’s only medal of the Masters event.

Only the top 16 in the world in each weight category were invited to the season-ending event.

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