Switzerland stole an 8-7 victory against the Olympic gold medallists in the morning session before Italy beat the Swedes 10-8 in the afternoon.

Sweden originally looked as if they were on course for a routine victory against Switzerland in Orleans Arena in the United States.

Skip Niklas Edin performed a hit on a Swiss stone to score four points to hand his team a 6-2 advantage at the end of the fifth end.

The tide began to slowly turn in Swiss favour when they scored two points in the eighth end to reduce Sweden’s lead to 7-5.

Switzerland stole a point in the ninth following a missed raise take-out by Edin.

The Swedish skipper failed to deliver a double take-out in the final end to hand the Swiss another two stolen points and their first victory of the competition.

Coming off the disappointing loss, Edin produced a stunning triple raise to score three in the third end to give his team a 3-2 advantage against Italy.

The score was tied 6-6 after eight ends and Sweden scored two in the ninth to put themselves in pole position.

However, the Italians, who had the hammer, had other ideas and put four points on the board in the 10th to also win their first match of the tournament.

"Both teams had a tough start - we both struggled with the ice in the beginning," Italian skip Joël Retornaz said.

"So, it was a bit of a rollercoaster this game, so we’re happy we managed to win this one.

"It’s an important win for us, every win is important out here but beating the Olympic champs especially with a strong performance in the end is important and gives us confidence."

Canada, the Beijing 2022 bronze medallists, have made full use of their time on the ice so far with two more wins to add to their flawless start.

They first plunged The Netherlands to their third defeat of the competition with a 9-6 victory before defeating Switzerland 10-6.

Finland, who sit jointly second with a record of two wins and one loss, overcame Denmark 10-6 but lost 10-7 to Italy.

The Danes later recorded their first win in a close match against South Korea, who had already beaten Scotland 9-6 earlier in the day.

Denmark beat South Korea 7-6 while the Scots also lost 7-4 to Norway.

Germany could not make it three wins from three in their encounter against Czech Republic, who turned out 9-4 victors.

Nevertheless, the Germans did beat the United States 8-3 while the US secured their second tournament triumph after defeating the Czech Republic 7-5.