UNIVERSITY RELEASE — Originally published by Ole Miss Athletics, Oct. 9, 2026.
Ole Miss men’s tennis went 13-2 in singles across the opening two rounds of the ITA Regional Championships in Auburn, Alabama, and put six players into the Round of 16 — what the release describes as the largest remaining singles contingent of any team in the field.
Round of 64
Seven of eight Rebels came through the opening round, and two of them did it without dropping a game in a set. Niccolo Baroni handled Southern Miss’s Ritabrata Sarkar 6-0, 6-0, and Mason Landreth beat Alabama State’s Flor De Sitter 6-0, 6-2.
- Kai Milburn def. Ausias Martin Melo (Troy), 6-3, 6-3
- Igor Kudriashov def. Samuel Dominguez (North Alabama), 6-1, 6-2
- Pietro Pampanin def. Luciano Alcocer (Troy), 6-4, 6-4
- Vlado Jankanj def. Hady El Kordy (Tulane), 7-5, 6-1
- Moritz Kudernatsch def. Gabriel Garay (Troy), 7-5, 6-1
- Mason Landreth def. Flor De Sitter (Alabama State), 6-0, 6-2
- Niccolo Baroni def. Ritabrata Sarkar (Southern Miss), 6-0, 6-0
The one loss came in a match Stefan Vedovelli could not finish. He dropped the first set to South Alabama’s Harold Van Raemdonck 6-3, took the second 6-2, and retired trailing 3-0 in the third.
Round of 32
Six of the seven survivors advanced again, including Jankanj in the only three-setter of the round — he lost the opener 3-6 to Alabama’s Braden Haning and won the next two 6-3, 6-4. Landreth moved on by walkover over Raphael Vaksmann.
- Milburn def. Tyler Bowers (Auburn), 6-3, 6-4
- Kudriashov def. Asaf Friedler (Tulane), 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)
- Kudernatsch def. Luigi Valletta (Mississippi State), 6-3, 6-4
- Jankanj def. Braden Haning (Alabama), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Baroni def. David Krasner (Jacksonville State), 6-2, 6-3
- Landreth def. Raphael Vaksmann, by walkover
Pampanin was the round’s lone Rebel casualty, losing to South Alabama’s Jules Caby 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) after taking the second set to a tiebreak.
Into the Round of 16
Milburn, Kudriashov, Kudernatsch, Landreth, Jankanj and Baroni all advanced. The release reports no doubles results. Competition continues for the Rebels at the ITA Regional Championships in Auburn.
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