Here comes Anna Sloan. Light sweeping, curling left to right. Contact with a yellow GB stone, pushing it out of the house. Still three in there as Canada call a time-out. Two stones each remain. Are you nervous?

Japan's Akito Watabe, who came second in the ski jump event earlier today, has moved ahead of Germany's Eric Frenzel after six of the 10km in the cross-country race.

BBC Sport commentator Rob Walker says: "Frenzel is the overwhelming favourite but Watabe is showing he is not intimidated by the German. There will be great excitement in Japan if Watabe could win this event.

"Japan have not had a medal of any colour in this competition for 20 years and they have never won a gold."

Tony Brooks, external: MISSED!

Ashley Richardson, external: High drama in the ladies curling.

Mark O'Meara, external: It'd be great if Eve pulls it out the bag here at the last end. Huge effort

Lawes bashes her broom in frustration. Big conflab between Eve Muirhead and Anna Sloan, joined by Claire Hamilton and Vicki Adams. Now what? The clocks have malfunctioned. What a moment for the seconds to stop ticking.

Steve Cram
BBC Sport curling commentator

"Goodness me, a huge error from Kaitlyn Lawes."

Three stones each remain. GB have three yellows closer to the centre than their red opponents. Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes, hair tied in a long ponytail, with what could be her final action of the match. Pacy...missed everything. Huge error. GB could win this outright.

Jon McCallum, external: Argh! This 10th end is rather tense!

Gregor Anderson, external: End 10 and HAMMER TIME! I'll take that. Come on the Curlers

Lisa Bennett, external: This is close, come on ladies!

Yellow stone as cover on the top left as we look for GB. Barely time to breathe before the next brick comes sliding down the ice. How can something so tense be played at such a speed? Cheers tell us Russia are doing well on another sheet. Canadian mistake gives GB the upper hand.

Jackie Lockhart
2002 world curling gold medallist on BBC TV

"Sometimes when you are watching, you think these girls and cool and calm but you saw the pressure Jennifer Jones was under. The gameplan will be to try and get a two to go into an 11th end.

"GB have had some matches, losing to the European champions and they have to take the positives. It is a round robin game and GB need to finish in the top four to reach the semi-finals."

Steve Cram
BBC Sport curling commentator

"Well done Eve Muirhead and her team, not giving this up at all and there are some great shots being played, especially from Jennifer Jones at the end. You could see the relief on the Canadian skip, it could have gone horribly wrong."

Jones pulls it out of the bag, red stone at the front of the house knocked to the centre, taking the point. But - and it's a big but - GB have the hammer in the final end. Two points is a big possibility, which would send us into an extra, 11th, end.

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Sensational from Muirhead. Curled left to right as we look, nestling in on the red Canadian brick like a snooker player rolling the white behind a colour. This will be difficult for Canada skip Jennifer Jones with the last stone of the end...

Muirhead with the responsibility again, the second-last GB stone. Concentration etched on her face, the yellow boulder aimed to guard the front of the scoring area. GB might be content with giving away one point in order to have the hammer in the final end. Giving away another two would be a disaster.

Four red Canadian stones remain, GB have three bricks in hand. Canada skip Jennifer Jones, dressed in red, uses her broom as a target, the missile coming in to dislodge the sole GB stone in the scoring area.

Rob Walker
BBC Sport commentator

"It's Eric Frenzel's gold to lose, but as we have seen at so many other Winter Olympic events, until you get to the finish line you never know what will happen."

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Eric Frenzel of Germany has a six-second start going into the 10km cross country ski after performing the best in the ski jumping event earlier today and is confident of winning the gold medal.

He said: "It's a really good position for me. The jump was really perfect."

Frenzel will begin six seconds before Japan's Akito Watabe and 27 seconds in front of Russia's Evgeniy Klimov, while defending champion Jason Lamy Chappuis of France is a further four seconds back.

"I'm still in a good position," said Lamy Chappuis. "It's going to be a really tough race this afternoon, but anything is still possible."

In the early stages of the ninth end, I'll just take time out to remind you of the five gold medals that are left to be won today. The men's Nordic combined in under way, with men's 1000m speed skating coming up afterwards. Later there's the women's snowboard halfpipe and pairs figure skating. In the middle of all that is the luge doubles. I can't tell you how excited I am about that. It's probably the best event of the whole Games.

Steve Cram
BBC Sport curling commentator

"Not the result GB wanted in that end, just a one. A good shot from Jennifer Jones put the pressure on Eve Muirhead who got the line wrong with the last stone. They hung on for the one and it's a close game."

Relief etched on the face of Eve Muirhead, but there's disappointment too. It could have been two points, but for a time as that stone curled early on it's slippery path down the ice, it might have been none. In the end, the yellow brick just holds on to the centre of the house, a hair's breadth closer than Canada. One point in it, but Canada have the hammer in the penultimate end.

Is it going to curl too much? "Harrrrrdddd" screams the Canadian skip. Sweepy sweepy. Britsih stone dislodged, but still chance for Muirhead to notch two points.