153-11

So what would you have done if you'd been Jack Draper Friday night? 

Did you see this one? The top-ranked British tennis player was playing in the Round of 16 at the Cincinnati Open, which is a tuneup event for the upcoming U.S. Open.

Draper was matched with Felix Auger-Aliassime for a spot in the quarterfinals. Auger-Aliassime won the first set 7-5 before Draper won the second 6-4 and went up 5-4, 40-30, in the third and final set. 

At match point, Draper hit a shot off the frame of his racket that popped into the air and landed across the net. Game. Set. Match. At least that's what the chair umpire said. 

Ah, but the replay clearly showed that the ball hit Draper's racket, then hit the court on his said and then launched itself over the net. In that case, the point belonged to Auger-Aliassime. Deuce.

Only there was no replay available in this match. And Draper didn't say anything. As such, the call stood, even though Auger-Aliassime said this to the chair ump: 

"You’re going to get out now and then it’s going to go everywhere and it’s going to look ridiculous. I’m serious. It’s going to look ridiculous."

Well, he was right. 

The question TigerBlog had was this: What is Draper's responsibility there? He said he couldn't tell if it hit the court on his side or not because he was focused on Auger-Aliassime, which seems a bit illogical for a professional tennis player. If you've played that much tennis, at that level, it's likely that you can figure out where the ball went after it left your racket.

Should have had said "no, it hit the court?" The answer is a resounding: Yes, he should have. 

This isn't tough. Sportsmanship, remember that concept? Besides, who would want to win a match that way? 

What about in a team sport? TigerBlog remembers very well the men's basketball game between Princeton and Temple in 2004, when Temple won the game when there was no goaltending called on a Will Venable layup that would have forced overtime at the buzzer. 

Should legendary Temple coach John Chaney have rushed onto the court and insisted the basket should have counted? Good luck with that.

Far away from the United States, the World U-20 Women's Lacrosse Championships are rolling along. It turns out TigerBlog was correct — expect lots of blowouts. 

How are these for scores:

United States 33, Germany 0
United States 28, Puerto Rico 4
United States 29, China 1
Canada 19, Wales 0
Canada 22, Haudenosaunee 4
Canada 22, Taiwan 2

That's a total score of 153-11. 

This is the by-product of not having the top teams all in the same group for pool play. In most international lacrosse events, the best teams all play each other in the round-robin stage and then again in the knockout rounds.

Here, the idea was more of a regular seeding situation, which is good for everything other than when the elite teams like the U.S. and Canada have to play the other teams. Then, the result is predictably lopsided.

Also, if you're wondering, there's a difference between scoring a lot of goals and running up the score. TigerBlog didn't watch the games, but it's quite likely that the U.S. and Canada did what they could to keep it as respectful as possible.

Princeton's women's lacrosse team is represented by two players in Hong Kong, and both of them have definitely gotten in on the scoring act. 

Haven Dora of the United States is ninth in the competition with 14 points (3G, 11A). Dora had 29 goals and 40 assists this past year for the Tigers to earn second-team All-Ivy League honors.

Jami MacDonald is fourth in the tournament with 17 points, on 12 goals and five assists. MacDonald, like Dora a rising junior, had 34 goals and 21 assists last season as Princeton reached the NCAA tournament.

For what it's worth, both the U.S. and Canada have clinched their respective groups. The Americans finished the group stage this morning against Israel, and the Canadians play Korea tomorrow.

The U.S. and Canada seem headed to a matchup in Saturday's championship game. If it comes to that, it will mark the third straight time that those two have played in the final.

As for Draper, he followed up the controversial win with a straight-set loss, and now a reputation for someone who might not have done the right thing when given the opportunity. 

Lastly, happy heavenly birthday to Brooks Friend, gone 46 years now, but never to be forgotten.