Linda Pearce
Linda Pearce is the Chief Tennis Writer and general sports reporter for The Age. She writes about a range of sports, including football, netball, and gymnastics. Linda has twice been named Australian tennis writer of the year.
Azarenka back, ready to roll
Linda Pearce, Brisbane World No. 1 is back with an approach she insists will be no different from last year.
Wozniacki out, but upbeat
Linda Pearce, Brisbane Caroline Wozniacki's opening match of the season fell on the last day of a year to forget.
Stosur sure she can make up lost ground
Linda Pearce, Brisbane Australian champion refuses to blame home-court issues for her loss in Brisbane.
Sour taste as Swede easily downs Stosur
Linda Pearce, Brisbane Undercooked Sam Stosur eliminated in the first round of the Brisbane International.
Tennis
Azarenka focused on winning, not her nemesis
Linda Pearce World No.1 Victoria Azarenka has returned to Australia illuminated by the spotlight that comes with being the reigning Australian Open champion, but she insists her approach to this year’s tournament...
Ten things to like about tennis this summer
Linda Pearce Interactive: The tournaments, players and moments to watch this season.
Tennis
Bobusic gets second chance
Linda Pearce Awarded a discretionary wildcard for 2012, she books her Australian Open spot, convincingly, for 2013.
Dark days for Jarka
Linda Pearce Jarmila Gajdosova is determined to fight her way back after a year of great pain and loss.
Tennis
Chief stays after poor results
Linda Pearce New five-year contract for Tennis Australia's chief executive Steve Wood.
Open's early losers deserve their 30% pay rise, says director
Linda Pearce AUSTRALIAN OPEN tournament director Craig Tiley has flagged a record first-round losers' cheque of at least $27,000 - a rise of almost 30 per cent - at next month's grand slam, as the distribution...
Tennis
Now, losers are grinners at Australian Open
Linda Pearce Tournament director Craig Tiley flags record first-round losers' cheque.
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Harsh but fair as Rafter wrangles difficult team
Linda Pearce When Bernard Tomic was told of his disciplinary dumping from Australia's Davis Cup team for next year's opening round zone tie in Taiwan, he asked for the reasons why. Really?
I wasn't sacked: Tomic
Linda Pearce Bernard Tomic has, bizarrely, contradicted Tennis Australia’s confirmation of his axing by captain Pat Rafter from Australia’s Davis Cup team for its opening tie of 2013, while boldly declaring he...
Tennis
Davis Cup ban turns up the heat on Tomic
Linda Pearce EXCLUSIVE Bernard Tomic suspended from Australia's opening Davis Cup tie in Taiwan next season.
Tennis
Tomic dropped from Davis Cup tie after slack attitude
Linda Pearce BERNARD TOMIC has been suspended from Australia's opening Davis Cup tie in Taiwan next season as the estrangement between the country's most talented young player and the tennis establishment spills...
Stosur takes top award in quiet year
Linda Pearce WHAT was not Sam Stosur's finest season was still judged the clear standout by an Australian player in 2012, with the Queenslander awarded the Newcombe Medal for the third consecutive year at the...
Tennis
Stosur ends her 'ordinary' year with a win
Linda Pearce Queenslander awarded the Newcombe Medal for the third consecutive year.
Tennis
New Scud on the block?
Linda Pearce Troubled Bernard Tomic was a notable omission from this year's list of Newcombe Medal finalists, but the player who is never far from the headlines owes his latest page one appearance to an...
Tennis
Tomic in danger of losing X-factor
Linda Pearce Young Australian urged to end revolving door of support staff and surround himself with a stable team.
