Team Muirhead prepare for must-win matches starting with Japan in Beijing 2022 women's curling

Team GB are approaching a crucial juncture in the women's curling competition at Beijing 2022.

Eve Muirhead, Jennifer Dodds, Vicky Wright, and Hailey Duff are coming off a 7-3 defeat by Canada and sit joint-fifth, alongside the Canadians and Republic of Korea, in the round robin standings. The top four teams progress to the semi-finals.

Team Muirhead, who have recorded three wins and three losses so far, are back in action on Tuesday 15 February at 14:05 local time in a crucial match against Japan, who currently sit in second place.

They will then face the hosts People's Republic of China on Wednesday 16 February at 09:05 and they close out the round robin against ROC on Thursday 17 February at 14:05.

Team skip Muirhead is a veteran, even if she's only 31, and knows how important the next three tests are. The Sochi 2014 bronze medallist has been the Great Britain women's skip at every Olympic competition since her debut at Vancouver 2010.

"We need to take every game from now as if it's the final. That gives us good focus and concentration.

"I've been in this position a lot of times, knowing that you need to win the rest of your matches. We just need to learn from our mistakes and what we did wrong.

"We need to go back, refocus and forget about this game. It's hard to just forget about it but we're capable of doing that and I do believe we're capable of winning our last three."

Muirhead has already had a Games to remember as she was one of the flagbearers for Team GB during the Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony.

But now her focus is fully on the action, and was frustrated by the Canada defeat.

"It was a little frustrating, I didn’t feel like we were too far away. It was a matter of inches in that game.

"The