Team GB’s women curlers delivered their best stuff in the biggest moment as they beat Denmark 7-2 to keep alive their semi-final hopes at the Winter Olympics.

Having lost three of their opening four matches, Rebecca Morrison’s rink woke up on Monday not just in northern Italy but also in must-win territory.

Realistically, they need victories in at least four of their final five matches to have any chance of salvaging a place in Friday’s last four – and they started that quest well.

An aggressive start was rewarded with an early 2-0 advantage, and the British rink maintained that to lead 3-2 at the break.

Another fine two-point haul in the sixth, followed by a steal in the seventh, opened up a four-point gap with three ends to play.

The Scottish quartet managed the rest of the contest admirably to close out the game with two ends to spare and add to their previous win over world champions Canada.

The women are back on the ice against the Swiss at 18:05 GMT, but before then the men resume their round-robin campaign against Norway at 13:05.

Bruce Mouat’s world champions have won four of their opening six games – having lost to unbeaten Switzerland in an epic on Sunday – but know a couple more victories in their final three matches should see them through to the last four.