Scotland began their World Women's Curling Championship campaign with victory in Vernon on Canada's west coast.

Gail Munroe won an 8-7 see-saw battle against the 2006 European champions from Russia, skipped by Liudmila Privivkova.

The Scots recovered from a four-ender in the sixth end and a 6-3 deficit to post five points in the next three ends to take the lead.

China's Bingyu Wang steered an 11-5 first-round upset win over Sweden and Japan's Moe Meguro scored two points in the final end to edge Italy 9-8.

Denmark's Angelina Jensen, the 2007 runner-up to Canada's Kelly Scott, scored an 8-5 win over 2003 world champion Debbie McCormick of the United States.

Canada's Jennifer Jones, commanding one of the world's top teams, defeated Switzerland's Mirjam Ott, the only curler in history with two Olympic medals, by a score of 6-3.

Germany's Andrea Schoepp edged Katerina Urbanova of the Czech Republic 5-4 in an extra-end.

In evening matches, Denmark's Jensen climbed to 2-0 with a 8-6 win over Italy's Gaspari (0-2) and McCormick, from the United States, defeated Japan's Meguro 9-4, putting both teams at 1-1.

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