Russia are through to their first World Women's Curling Championship final ©WCF

Russia secured their place in their first ever World Women's Curling Championship final after they defeated Sweden 9-3 at the Capital Gymnasium in Beijing today.

The Russians will now go on to contest tomorrow's gold medal match against Canada while Sweden will play Scotland in the bronze medal match.

Russia took an early lead in the semi-final as their skip Anna Sidorova opened the scoring when she struck a Swedish stone to score two points.

Sweden scored a single of their own in the third end before Russia restored their two point advantage with one point in the fourth.

In the fifth end, Sweden’s skip Anna Hasselborg promoted one of her own stones to score two points to level the score at 3-3.

After blanking the sixth, Sidorova played a delightful shot in the seventh to score three points and take a 6-3 lead.

In the eighth end, Hasselborg could only remove one of the opposition's stones with her final attempt, leaving three Russian stones in play.

It gave them a steal of three points, handing the Russians a 9-3 success. 

“I still can’t believe it," said Russian skip Anna Sidorova.

The Russians will meet Canada in the final after defeating Sweden 9-3 today ©WCF
The Russians will meet Canada in the final after defeating Sweden 9-3 today ©WCF

"Coming second in the round-robin made history for our team, and I’m so proud that we can now represent Russia in the final.

"It’s only one year to the Olympic Games and it’s been a really rough year for my team, so we needed that win to believe in ourselves.

"I’m so proud of the performance my team showed today."

Russia will be aiming for revenge against Canada in tomorrow's final after the North Americans booked their place in the gold medal match with victory over the Europeans yesterday.

The Sochi 2014 Olympic gold medallists managed to reach the tournament's showpiece match without losing a game as they overcame the Russians 7-3.

The North American powerhouse will have the opportunity to clinch their first World Women's Curling Championships title since they triumphed on home soil in Vernon in 2008.

They were also beaten finalists in 2011, 2014 and 2015.

The two teams will be competing for the new trophy designed and created by Thomas Lyte of England to mark the World Curling Federation's 50th anniversary, which draws to its conclusion at the Men's World Championship in Edmonton in Canada between April 1 and 9.