Eve Muirhead was in scintillating form as Team GB bounced back to record an impressive win against defending gold medallists Sweden.
The Perthshire skip, alongside Vicky Wright, Jen Dodds and Hailey Duff, had opened the Winter Olympic campaign in Beijing with a narrow defeat to Switzerland.
But that disappointment was quickly forgotten about with victory against the Swedes in round robin match two - a stunning 8-2 triumph.
Muirhead was full of praise for the full team, including alternate Mili Smith from Guildtown.
“I’m absolutely delighted with that performance and I think that shows what a team we can be,” Muirhead said.
“We really have set a pretty high marker for ourselves, but I think we can maintain that, because all season we have.
“I couldn’t have asked for any more from the girls. The team played fantastic, the communication was great, the support was great and I’m very proud of them.
“I think it sends a big message, but I also think we just need to stay pretty relaxed and keep the momentum going.
“I don’t want to put any pressure on ourselves and get too ahead of ourselves.
“We’re still day one here and for three of the girls (Wright, Duff and alternate Smith) it was their first time stepping on the ice at the Olympic Games and we forget that I think.
“So I think we’ll enjoy that victory, but when we wake up in the morning we know it’s a brand new day and we’re back to the start.”
Attention now switches to another major challenge against Korea, who reached the final of the last Winter Olympics on their home ice in Pyeongchang.
“It was always hard coming off a loss this morning to get yourself back up for tonight, but I think having done that it’s got the ball rolling,” said Muirhead.
“It’s going to be tough against Korea tomorrow, but if we can continue playing the way we did there, it’ll definitely be a great game.”
