LAST week saw the clash of the titans as the top two teams in the Prudden Road Surfacing League battled it out.

Leaders Inkberrow A met second-placed Stratford C in what could have proved a decisive encounter.

Nick Aylett and Tim Bradshaw got Inkberrow off to a winning start taking the opening set off Simon Roach and Dennis Mecklenberg 6-4.

However, the Stratford pair immediately bounced back to take the second set 6-3.

In a final set, with no quarter given, Aylett and Bradshaw broke serve to take the set and the rubber 6-4.

After the change, the same Inkberrow pair disposed of Slatter and Craig 6-0, 6-0.

Fatigue played its part in producing this scoreline as Slatter and Craig were exhausted after clinching a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory for in a nail-biting match over Kevin Grainger and Anthony Duggan.

Stratford then squared the match at two rubbers apiece when Roach and Mecklen-berg also beat Grainger and Duggan 6-3, 6-4.

Inkberrow stay top four points clear of their closest rivals who have a game in hand. Littleton A climbed over Studley A into fourth spot after a surprising 4-0 scoreline.

Although John Hunt and Tom Pugh battled bravely in two three-setters they couldn't prevent a whitewash.

Full Scores: Dave Rudge & Frank Meadows (Littleton) bt Hunt & Pugh 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, & Paul Challener & Garry Jackson 6-1, 6-2. Dixie Collins & Dave Hubbard bt Challener & Jackson 6-4, 6-1, & bt Hunt & Pugh 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.