No. 23 Gators Men’s Tennis Fall to Top-Ranked Mississippi State

Friday, February 13

Dallas, Texas

7:30 p.m.

Florida Gators

Mississippi State

ITA National Indoors (MTN - MSU 2.13.26)

No. 23 Gators Men’s Tennis Fall to Top-Ranked Mississippi State

Saturday, February 14, 2026 | Men's Tennis

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The Gators are 0-1 in the ITA National Indoors with a first round loss from No. 6 Mississippi State, but look to improve over No. 16 Clemson in the consolation bracket.

By: Kendall Merriett

DALLAS, Texas – The No. 23 Gators lost in the first round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships to No. 6 Mississippi State.

The Gators started from behind with a loss of the doubles point. Court one was manned by Henry Jefferson and Lorenzo Claverie, who left their match unfinished at 5-4 against No. 6 Benito Sanchez Martinez and Petar Jovanovic form Mississippi State. The Gators fell on court three with Kevin Edengren and Tanapatt Nirundorn falling 1-6 to Bryan Hernandez Cortes and Raphael Vaksmann. The Bulldogs took an early lead after taking the win against Pablo Perez Ramos and Adhithya Ganesan on court two going 4-6.

In singles, the line up consisted of Ganesan at court one, Jefferson at court two, Claverie at court three, Ramos at court four, Edengren at court five and Andreas Timini at court six. The Gators fell on courts three (4-6, 4-6) and five (2-6, 4-6), going down 3-0 in the dual. Jefferson was able to secure a point for the Gators on court two against No. 6 ranked Petar Jovanovic (6-3, 3-6, 6-2). Ramos was headed to set three against Raphael Vaksmann after going 4-6, 7-6(5). Ganesan was playing in his third set when the match ended with a loss on court six from Timini.

Match Results
Doubles

Court 1: Henry Jefferson/Lorenzo Claverie (UF) vs. No. 6 Benito Sanchez Martinez/Petar Jovanovic (MSU) (5-4 – UNFINISHED)
Court 2: Mario Martinez Serrano/Michal Novansky (MSU) def. Pablo Perez Ramos/Adhithya Ganesan (UF) (6-4)
Court 3: Bryan Hernandez Cortes/Raphael Vaksmann (MSU) def. Kevin Edengren/Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) (6-1)

ORDER OF FINISH: 3, 2 (1 – UNFINISHED)
Singles

Court 1: No. 54 Adhithya Ganesan (UF) vs. No. 45 Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) (6-3, 2-6, 1-3 – UNFINISHED)
Court 2: No. 50 Henry Jefferson (UF) def. No. 6 Petar Jovanovic (MSU) (6-3, 3-6, 6-2)
Court 3: No. 33 Mario Martinez Serrano (MSU) def. Lorenzo Claverie (UF) (6-4, 6-4)
Court 4: No. 32 Pablo Perez Ramos (UF) vs. Raphael Vaksmann (MSU) (4-6, 7-6(5) - UNFINISHED)
Court 5: Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes (MSU) def. Kevin Edengren (UF) (6-2, 6-4)
Court 6: Michal Novansky (MSU) def. Andreas Timini (UF) (7-5, 6-3)

ORDER OF FINISH: 3, 5, 2, 6 (1, 4 – UNFINISHED)

About the Tournament
The ITA National Team Indoors consists of 16 teams facing off in dual meets across two sites in Texas. The Gators were assigned to the SMU site and are headed into the consolation round against the No. 16 Clemson. The other side of the bracket will compete in Waco, Texas at Baylor, which will host teams like Baylor (host), LSU, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas, UCF, UC Santa Barbara and Wake Forest who was the 2025 champion.

With the tournament's format, the Gators are guaranteed a consolation match on Saturday against No. 16 Clemson and then a third match on Sunday.

Tidbits on the Tigers
Clemson University fell in the first round to the No.1 ranked Virginia in a 0-4 dual. Entering the ITA National Indoors, the Tigers were 3-2 and hold a 3-4 all-time record against the Gators. The team is ranked at No. 16 by the ITA and has three players ranked in singles (No. 26 Romain Gales, No. 67 Viktor Markov and No. 76 Edoardo Cherie Ligniere) and two doubles pairings ranked (No. 46 Matisse Farzam/Marko Mesarovic and No. 56 Henrik Bladelius/Viktor Markov).

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