Friday, June 19, 2026

Tennis: Pereira, Altick successfully defend open singles titles in The City Championships

by Russell Hedges
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Shreveport’s Michael Pereira and Monroe’s Frances Altick successfully defended their open singles titles in the The City Championships tournament Sunday at the Bossier Tennis Center.

Pereira, the director of tennis at Querbes Park, defeated 18-year-old former Shreveporter Jackson Hinderberger in the men’s final.

Hinderberger won the first set 6-3. Pereira took the second 7-6, winning the tiebreaker 7-5.

The match was then decided by a 10-point tiebreaker with Pereira coming out on top 10-5.

Altick won the women’s final for the third straight year, defeating Minden’s Marta Sramkova 6-0, 6-0.

Sramkova and Therina Steenkamp of Shreveport defeated Shreveport’s RebeccaGrace Lindsay and AnneMarie Kimball in the women’s open doubles final 6-2, 6-2.

Hinderberger and Shreveport’s Anthony McMaster defeated Stonewall’s Kody Anderson and Bossier City’s Marc Paz 6-1, 6-0 in the men’s open doubles final.

Altick and Monroe’s Ridge Creech defeated McMaster and Shreveport’s Morgan Young 7-5, 6-2 in the open mixed doubles final.

Here are the winners of the other divisions decided Sunday.

NTRP combo 8.0 women’s 18 & over doubles: Shreveport’s Ginger Gustavson and Gina Bihm.

NTRP combo 7.0 women’s 18 & over doubles: Shreveport’s Catherine Reed and Sapna Tank.

NTRP combo 6.0 women’s 18 & over doubles: Bossier City’s Lyndzee McConathy and Emily Douglas.

NTRP combo 5.0 women’s 18 & over doubles: Shreveport’s Valerie Barcelona and Rachael Vanderlick.

NTRP combo 8.0 men’s 18 & over doubles: Shreveport’s Levi Holley and Richardson, Texas’ Samuel Hussein.

NTRP combo 7.0 men’s 18 & over doubles: Bossier City’s Brian Furqueron and Greenwell Springs’ Alexander Do.

NTRP combo 6.0 men’s 18 & over doubles: Bossier City’s Chris Thiels and Benton’s Drew Witsman.

NTRP combo 5.0 men’s 18 & over doubles: Shreveport’s Matthew Given and John Davis.

NTRP combo 8.0 mixed 18 & over doubles: Richardson Texas’ Samuel Hussein and 

Shreveport’s Lucy Young.

NTRP combo 7.0 maxed 18 & over doubles: Shreveport’s Trish White and Slattery Johnson.

NTRP combo 6.0 mixed 18 & over doubles: Bossier City’s Valarie Thiels and Chris Thiels.

NTRP combo 5.0 mixed 18 & over doubles: Shreveport’s Matthew Given and Liz Navarre.

Co-ed open singles: Shreveport’s Clyde Broyles.

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