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.
Poles apart: draw averts Radwanska sisters' riot act
Michael Chammas, Linda Pearce Last year, the Polish Radwanska sisters, Urszula and Agnieszka, were up in arms after being drawn against each other in the opening round of the Sydney International, which prompted them to threaten...
'She's hot, you're not': Sharapova, Williams slap down Frenchman's prize gripe
Linda Pearce Frenchman Gilles Simon has defended his controversial call to end equal prize money at the grand slams, claiming his opinion is shared by the public, the media, and all 128 players in the Wimbledon...
Tennis
Sharapova survives a scare
Linda Pearce Maria Sharapova is the first of the women's title favourites to receive a major Wimbledon fright, her dramas played out over two days.
Simon sparks the prize fight
Linda Pearce Frenchman defends controversial call to end equal prizemoney at the grand slams.
