UNIVERSITY RELEASE — Originally published by Ole Miss Athletics, Oct. 11, 2026.
Ole Miss won three singles quarterfinals at the ITA Division I Men’s Southern Regional Championships in Auburn, Alabama, on Sunday — one of them against itself — and ran Kai Milburn and Igor Kudriashov through three doubles rounds to put them in the regional final.
Singles — Quarterfinals
- Igor Kudriashov def. Alabama’s Matic Kriznik, 6-3, 7-6(7-5)
- Vlado Jankanj def. Jacksonville State’s Marko Milosavljevic, 6-2, 6-4
- Niccolo Baroni def. teammate Mason Landreth, 7-5, 6-4
Kudriashov’s win came against the man who had knocked Milburn out of the singles draw in the round of 16 a day earlier, and it took a second-set tiebreak to finish. Jankanj’s 6-2, 6-4 was the most straightforward of the three. The Baroni-Landreth quarterfinal guaranteed Ole Miss a man through that bracket and cost it one at the same time.
Doubles
- Round of 16: Milburn and Kudriashov def. Braden Hanning and Vit Kalina, 8-6
- Quarterfinals: Milburn and Kudriashov def. Borsoi and Landry, 8-7(7-4)
- Semifinals: Milburn and Kudriashov def. Alberto Altur and Ethan Dasset, 6-2, 6-3
- Round of 16: Jankanj and Landreth fell to Blaydes and Bowers, 8-6
The pair’s path got easier as it went, which is the opposite of how these things usually run. They survived 8-6, then survived a tiebreak at 8-7(7-4), then handled the semifinal 6-2, 6-3 — their most comfortable result of the run arriving in the round that put them in the final.
Up Next
Milburn and Kudriashov play for the regional doubles title on Monday at 1 p.m.
📄 Read the full university release: Milburn, Kudriashov Advance to Doubles Final at ITA Southern Regionals → (OleMissSports.com)