DROITWICH Tennis Club’s men’s E team suffered a losing draw in a thrilling contest against rivals Worcester F in Herefordshire and Worcestershire Winter League Division Nine East.

James Stanford and Ricky Hollander battled to the end in both of their matches and were unlucky to lose them 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 and 6-4, 5-7, 6-7.

Stuart Wall and Mark Venables were also forced all the way in both of their matches but managed to win them both 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 and 2-6, 7-5, 7-6.

However, Worcester managed to win more games than their county rivals and claimed the victory.

Droitwich A team picked up a deserved victory at home to Wall Heath A in Division One.

Mark Jones and James Nam produced an excellent display to win their first match 6-3, 6-2.

However, they came up against a strong pair in their second, losing 0-6,3-6.

The stars of the show were the talented double of Lee Cowan and Matt Baker, who batted to a superb 6-7, 6-2, 7-6 victory in their first match before a comfortable 6-0, 6-1 victory to secure a much-needed win.