Beijing 2022 Women’s curling: How to watch Paetz, Fujisawa, Muirhead and Hasselborg in the semi-finals

The battle for medals is on in women's curling at Beijing 2022.

After the culmination of the round robin, the semi-finals now await to decide who will make the gold medal match and who will fight it out for bronze.

Switzerland, Japan, Great Britain and Sweden will all have their sights set on the top of the podium.

World champions Switzerland have suffered just the one defeat so far at Beijing 2022.

Silvana Tirinzoni - unusual for a skip in that she plays third rather than fourth - will be hoping to continue that run of form into the playoffs.

She and second Esther Neuenschwander have already improved on their seventh-place finish at PyeongChang 2018.

Fourth Alina Paetz was an alternate at Sochi 2014 while lead Melanie Barbezat and alternate Carole Howald are both at their first Games.

Japan are in the semi-finals after the Draw Shot Challenge tiebreaker saw they and Great Britain go through at Canada's expense with all three teams finishing with 5-4 records.

They were beaten 8-4 by Switzerland in their final round robin game, a result they will need to reverse if they are to make the gold medal game.

They are unchanged from the rink that took bronze at PyeongChang 2018 consisting skip Satsuki Fujisawa, lead Yurika Yoshida, second Yumi Suzuki, and third Chinami Yoshida who was an alternate at Sochi 2014.

Alternate Kotomi Ishizaki played lead at Vancouver 2010, where they finished eighth, and was an alternate at Salt Lake City 2002.

Winning a medal would be an impressive feat for Fujisawa as she almost failed to qualify, needing three consecutive wins against her fiercest domestic rival Yoshimura Sayaka to make the trip to Beijing.

Team GB's position looked precarious after an 8-4 defeat to People's Republic of China.

But