Scots rally to glide into semi-finals in Ostersund

Scots curler Rebecca Morrison’s rink has earned a place in the semifinals of the Le Gruyere European Championships in Ostersund.

Heading into the final round-robin matches, the Scottish women knew they had to beat Norway and hope that other results would go their way.

Morrison’s team won 5-2, having gone in to the final day of action with only a slender chance of getting through, but had signalled their intent in the morning with a crushing 10-1 defeat of Hungary in just six ends.

Morrison, right, now believes they can take that into the decisive matches as they prepare to meet Denmark in the semis.

“We’re feeling amazing right now,” said Morrison.

“It felt like that game wasn’t ours for the taking for a long time and it was such a great fightback in ends nine and 10 to get the win eventually.”

Earlier in the day Scotland’s men, who had already qualified for the semi-finals, suffered their first defeat in 21 matches when they were beaten 7-2 by Switzerland.

Bruce Mouat’s rink still have a chance of finishing as top seeds, but must improve their draw shot challenge record, then beat Italy if they are to do so.