Matthieu Pavon is tasked with getting the continental side off to a fast start as they seek to pull off a stunning comeback on day three of the 2025 Team Cup.
Britain and Ireland trail 11-4 in Saturday's foursomes, with Francesco Molinari's side needing to win at least 8.5 points from Sunday's 10 to have any chance of defending the title they won in 2023 The trophy at that time was the Hero Cup.
Pavin has won all three games with Roman Langeske and will play early Sunday, with Langeske set to face Lauri Kanter in Game 3.
Thorbjørn Olesen joins Niklas Nørgaard in winning the other two half-points in the Continental team, and he plays Tyrell in between Tyrrell Hatton, in Julien Guerrier's meeting with British and Ireland captain Justin Rose Rose, Norgaard faced off against Matthew Jordan in Game 5.
GB&I's Paul Waring wins games 5 and 3 in Saturday's Foursomes match, followed by games 6 and 4 against Rasmus Ni Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Game 7 by Antoine Rozner vs. Matt Wallace, Matteo Manassero Matteo Manassero) Against Tom McKibbin.
Molinari retained his place in the ninth against Jordan Smith, with Rasmus Hojgaard and Aaron Rye manning the starting points for their respective sides.
Two points were enough for GB&I to win the game, with Fleetwood, Pavon, Langeske and McKibbin each finishing with a perfect four-point record.
Sunday Singles (all times local, GMT+4)
10:35 | 10:35 Mathieu Pavin VS Tommy Fleetwood
10:45 | 10:45 Thorbjorn Olsen VS Tyrell Hatton
10:55 | 10:55Roman Langeske VS Lauri Kanter
11:05 | 11:05Julian Guerrier vs. Justin Rose
11:15 | 11:15Niklas Norgaard VS Matthew Jordan
11:25 | 11:25 Rasmus Nergaard-Petersen VS Paul Welling
11:35 | 11:35 Antoine Rozner VS Matt Wallace
11:45 | 11:45 Matteo Manassero VS Tom McKibbin
11:55 | 11:55Francisco Molinari VS Jordan Smith
12:05 | 12:05 Rasmus Hoggard VS Aaron Ray
