Japan suffered a 10-4 defeat to Great Britain in Beijing Olympics women's curling on Tuesday as their record fell to 4-3 in the 10-team round-robin.

Japan, the bronze medalist at the 2018 Olympics, could not respond to a strong start from Great Britain, which showed good accuracy from the early stages to improve to 4-3.

Great Britain, beaten by Japan four years ago in the bronze medal match, took full advantage in holding the hammer in the first end, skip Eve Muirhead removing a center guard and another near the button with her two shots to rake in three points.

Japan was restricted to a point in the second and Muirhead capitalized again with the hammer in the third, bumping an opposition stone out with her final throw to score another three for a 6-1 lead.