In a repeat of the 2015 final, Russia, who struggled for form early on in the tournament, battled to an 11-6 victory over the previously unbeaten Scottish rink, skipped by Olympic bronze medallist Eve Muirhead.

They will go up against Sweden, who thrashed the Czech Republic 9-2, in tomorrow’s showpiece contest.

"We played them [Scotland] yesterday, that really helped," Russian skip Victoria Moiseeva said.

"So, we understood how they are going to play against us.

"We tried to play our game - to get them to play our game - and I think that worked.

"Our last game wasn't that good against Sweden.

"But we really feel that we can win.

"We really want to go and play a good game against them to show them that we can."

Russia began their last four encounter against Scotland brightly and took an early lead, before Moiseeva extended their advantage to 5-2, scoring three crucial points by hitting out her opponent’s stone in the third end.

Muirhead responded, however, cutting the deficit to just one with a superb shot in the following end.

Moiseeva continued the topsy-turvy nature of proceedings by scoring another three in the sixth end, leaving the Scottish team trailing 8-4 going into the final stages.

It proved to be an insurmountable advantage for Muirhead and her team as Moiseeva scored three once again in the eighth to help wrap up a convincing victory.

Two blank ends greeted the start of Sweden’s clash with the Czech Republic before Anna Hasselborg hit out a Czech stone in the third end to secure four vital points.

Czech skip Anna Kubeskova reduced the Swedish lead to 4-1 shortly after but it proved to be a fleeting moment of success for her side as their opponents ran riot on their way to the final.

Scotland managed to end on a positive note as they took bronze by beating the Czechs 6-2.

Switzerland won the men's bronze medal as they overcame Russia 8-6.