OGDEN, Utah -- American curlers opened the Olympic tournament with a 10-5 upset of world champion Sweden on Monday thanks to a difficult shot by skip Tim Somerville.

	Myles Brundidge lines up a shot for the victorious Americans.

In other first-round play in the 10-team tournament, Finland defeated Denmark 9-3, Germany topped France 9-5 and Canada, the 2000 world champion, edged Britain 6-4.

With the Americans leading 4-3 in the seventh end, or inning, Sweden looked in position to tie when Somerville used an angle shot to knock one stone into the Swedish stone and push them out of scoring position.

"It was like a 1-in-20 shot but it was kind of the only one I had," Somerville said. "I feel like I have won a medal already. But there is still a long, long journey to go."

The Americans, who finished fourth in 1998, lost their second match to Canada 8-3. In other second round matches, Switzerland beat Norway 5-4, Denmark defeated France 8-7 and Germany beat Finland 7-6.

The top four teams advance to the semifinals beginning on Feb. 20.