John Lloyd, the Great Britain Davis Cup captain, was summoned directly from Gatwick to the headquarters of British tennis in Roehampton, southwest London, yesterday to take stock of a weekend that Roger Draper, the LTA chief executive, said “might do the game some good”.

If Draper can see a silver lining to a 3-2 defeat in Vilnius by Lithuania, a nation of three players with an ATP singles ranking, then he is one of sport’s true visionaries.

Steven Martens, the Belgian player director of the LTA, will undertake an examination that will probably lead to a parting of the ways with Lloyd and possibly Paul Annacone, the coach, neither of whom is on a full-time contract. They were among the headline-grabbing appointments of Draper, who was happy yesterday to accept “ultimate responsibility” for the sport in Britain.

To take ultimate responsibility when the country stands within one match of the ignominy of Europe/Africa Zone group III — with the “leading lights” of Andorra, Albania and San Marino — ought to mean what it says. Britain must beat Turkey at home in July to avoid relegation.

Draper and Martens stood their ground at a breakfast meeting in the Lithuanian capital yesterday, talking of the passion they had, but said that sorting out the mess of the weekend required decisive action. “We shall look at the players’ performances, the preparation and the team selection,” Martens said, which suggested that Lloyd will be left carrying the can.

Martens distanced himself from the revelation in The Times yesterday that Greg Rusedski had been sounded out about the captaincy should Lloyd choose to leave or be shown the door, but there was no absolute denial, only a comment that “no direct contact” had been made with the former world No 4.

Rusedski, who has been working with the LTA in its talent identification team, has made it little secret that he covets the opportunity to take a more decisive role within the association.

Martin Corrie, the chairman of the LTA’s Davis Cup committee, was seen in hushed talks with Draper at Vilnius airport before the team flew home and, on the flight, spent a long time leaning across the seats where the chief executive and Martens were huddled.

Draper’s contract runs until 2013, when he will hope to have awoken from the “bad dream” he said he experienced on Sunday night. “There is no point in ripping this whole thing up and starting again,” he said. “That would cause too much damage. We are definitely persevering with all the good things we have done at schools, parks and grassroots levels.”