Great Britain & Ireland took an 11-4 lead into Sunday’s singles at the 2025 Team Cup, needing just two points to secure the trophy.

Tyrrell Hatton and Matt Wallace kicked things off with a 3&2 win over Rasmus Højgaard and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and Paul Waring and Laurie Canter then beat Antoine Rozner and Matteo Manassero 6&4.

Matthew Jordan and Tom McKibbin won their match at the last and Jordan Smith and Tommy Fleetwood sealed the final point of the day, leaving Matthieu Pavon and Romain Langasque to again fight a lone battle for Continental Europe.

Hatton and Wallace drew first blood after Højgaard found water at the second hole but elsewhere, Continental Europe got the fast start they desperately needed after starting the afternoon 7-3 down.

The in-form French pair of Pavon and Langasque won the first hole against Aaron Rai and Great Britain & Ireland Captain Justin Rose, and extended their lead to two up after six, while Thorbjørn Olesen and Niklas Nørgaard were one up on Jordan and McKibbin.

When Højgaard and Neergaard-Petersen drew level with Hatton and Wallace – briefly taking the lead before being pegged back – Continental Europe were up in two matches and level in two more.

The one exception was match three, where Waring and Canter were two up through five before Rozner and Manassero won a hole back.

Smith and Fleetwood won the sixth to get more pink on the board against Julien Guerrier and Continental Europe Captain Francesco Molinari and when Hatton and Wallace regained the lead and went two up through 11, helped by Wallace’s chip-in at the tenth, the tide was once again turning towards GB&I.

The latter pair also won the 13th to go three up while Waring and Canter led by four through 11 holes, bringing two more GB&I points within range, while Olesen and Nørgaard were pegged back in match two. Even Pavon and Langasque saw their lead briefly cut to one, until the latter holed impressively for birdie at the 11th.

Hatton and Wallace recorded the first point of the afternoon, 3&2 over Højgaard and Neergaard-Petersen.

Hatton said: “We played so good this morning and trying to continue that momentum is always difficult. Bit scrappy at times today, around the turn was massive for us and ultimately very happy to win our point this afternoon.”

Canter’s perfect tee shot at the 12th set up yet another birdie and he and Waring opened up a dormie-five lead, with Canter’s birdie putt at the next securing a 6&4 win.

That completed a dominant day for Waring against Manassero and Rozner after he won 5&3 with Jordan in the morning, and he said: “That’s probably the best I’ve played so far and Laurie was as good as well, the pair of us were absolutely clinical.”

Olesen and Nørgaard nudged ahead again at the 15th only for the GB&I pair to immediately respond when McKibbin’s brilliant approach at the next, from an awkward stance on the edge of a bunker, set up a birdie for Jordan.

Another birdie at the next sent Jordan and McKibbin down the last with a half guaranteed and they were able to convert it to a 1up win.

Behind them on the course, Pavon holed from 27 feet as he and Langasque moved three up with three to play, an effort matched by GB&I’s Smith and Fleetwood in the anchor match.

Both matches duly concluded at the 16th to leave GB&I seeking a quick conclusion on Sunday.