Women's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 1 round-up: Reigning champions Sweden suffer blow on wild first day of action

Just three teams out of 10 hold unbeaten records after a topsy-turvy first day of women’s curling action at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

World champions Switzerland and the United States sit atop the round-robin table at the close of play on Thursday (10 February) after reigning champions Sweden, Great Britain and Japan all suffered defeats.

The Swiss world champions, skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni, came through tight encounters with Britain and the People’s Republic of China to make the perfect start to their campaign.

In the 10th end with the Swiss leading 6-5, Chinese skip Han Yu failed to release her penultimate rock before the hog line meaning her stone was taken out of play. The error gave Tirinzoni the chance to set up another guard, forcing Han into a difficult shot she couldn’t quite make as Switzerland won 7-5.

That left the home team with two opening day defeats after they fell 7-6 in the morning to Denmark.

Team USA also won two out of two on day one. Tabitha Peterson's made surprisingly short work of ROC 9-3 in the first match of the day before returning to the Ice Cube to beat Denmark 7-5.

It was a day of mixed fortunes for Britain who rebounded from their defeat to Switzerland in style with an 8-2 triumph over Olympic champions Sweden.

From a steal in the first end to a four-point score in the fourth, Eve Muirhead's rink capitalised on Swedish shortcomings to dominate.

Skip Anna Hasselborg struggled several times for weight on her shots and was duly punished by.

Another steal by Britain in the fifth end left the score at 6-1 in Britain’s favour and, after a one-point response in the sixth, Muirhead scored another two with the hammer to make it 8-2 and force the concession with three ends remaining.

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