No. 7 Mississippi State Outlasts Gators as Sanchez Martinez Seals 4-3 Road Victory

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No. 7 Mississippi State Outlasts Gators as Sanchez Martinez Seals 4-3 Road Victory

March 15, 2026 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Tad Couch, Athletic Communications Student Intern

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 7 Mississippi State earned another SEC road victory, defeating No. 22 Florida 4-3 at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.

The Gators got off to a hot start claiming the doubles points, with wins on courts two and three. Mississippi State quickly leveled the match by way of a No. 8 Petar Jovanovic win over No. 50 Henry Jefferson 6-2, 6-3 on court two. Florida responded with a straight-sets win on court three to take the lead again before Raphael Vaksmann equalized for the Bulldogs with a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 67 Jeremy Jin on court five.

No. 125 Niccolo Baroni gave the Bulldogs their first lead of the day defeating No. 31 Pablo Perez Ramos 6-4, 7-5 on court four to take a 3-2 advantage. Shortly after, Florida's Kevin Edengren defeated Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes 6-2, 6-4 to tie the match at three all.

With the match tied at 3-3, it came down to No. 55 Benito Sanchez Martinez on court one. After dropping the first set 2-6, Sanchez Martinez rallied to take the second set 6-4 and force a decisive third.

The final set was tied at 3-3 before Sanchez Martinez broke No. 87 Adhithya Ganesan and won two straight games to take a 5-3 lead. Ganesan held to cut the deficit to 5-4, but Sanchez Martinez closed out the match, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, to secure the Bulldogs' 4-3 victory.

Records
No. 7 Mississippi State (15-2, 6-1 SEC)
No. 22 Florida (8-9, 2-5 SEC)

Match Notes
• Niccolo Baroni remained undefeated in singles this spring, extending his winning streak to nine matches.
• Petar Jovanovic leads Mississippi State with 13 singles victories this season.
• Raphael Vaksmann extended his singles winning streak to seven matches.
• Benito Sanchez Martinez secured his 10th singles win of the season.
• Mississippi State earned its sixth SEC victory and another ranked road win.

Match Results
Doubles
1. No. 5 Petar Jovanovic/Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) def. Lorenzo Claverie/Pablo Perez Ramos (UF) – 6-3
2. Jeremy Jin/Henry Jefferson (UF) def. No. 72 Mario Martinez Serrano/Michal Novansky (MSU) – 7-5
3. Kevin Edengren/Andreas Timini (UF) def. No. 38 Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes/Bryan Hernandez Cortes (MSU) – 6-4*
Florida won the doubles point

Singles
1. No. 55 Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) def. No. 87 Adhithya Ganesan (UF) – 2-6, 6-4, 6-4*
2. No. 8 Petar Jovanovic (MSU) def. No. 50 Henry Jefferson (UF) – 6-2, 6-3
3. Lorenzo Claverie (UF) def. No. 39 Mario Martinez Serrano (MSU) – 6-1, 6-2
4. No. 125 Niccolo Baroni (MSU) def. No. 31 Pablo Perez Ramos (UF) – 6-4, 7-5
5. Raphael Vaksmann (MSU) def. No. 67 Jeremy Jin (UF) – 6-3, 6-4
6. Kevin Edengren (UF) def. Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes (MSU) – 6-2, 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 1*
*Clincher

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