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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.

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Near miss as Tomic gets a spot

Linda Pearce A stroke of luck for Bernard Tomic is a reprieve for a withdrawal-depleted Australian tournament.

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Kooyong Classic sets sights on Nadal

Linda Pearce Rafael Nadal has never played at Kooyong, but the Spaniard's name is prominent on the ambitious wish list of AAMI Classic tournament director Colin Stubs as he seeks to fill the last vacancy in his...

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No tonic for Tomic

Linda Pearce, Istanbul Roger Rasheed, the coach recently endorsed by fellow South Australian Darren Cahill as the ideal fit for struggling Bernard Tomic, has accepted what can only be regarded as an easier option: a job...

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Lifeless Stosur shanks her way to sorry season's end

Linda Pearce ISTANBUL: Samantha Stosur's self-assessment is 7/10 for a season she completed with a 0-2 record at the year-end WTA Championships. The weary world No.

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Stosur struggles, turns sights to rest and revival

Linda Pearce, Istanbul Sam Stosur's self-assessment is ''seven out of 10'' for the season she has completed.

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Australian Open purse to hit $40m by 2016

Linda Pearce, Shanghai Stakes continue to rise in remuneration battle between the grand slams.

Djokovic powers into Shanghai quarters

Linda Pearce, Shanghai In just one tournament has Novak Djokovic failed to reach at least the semi-final stage, and he is now one match away from extending that record in Shanghai.

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Federer, Murray on collision course

Linda Pearce, Shanghai Roger Federer and Andy Murray will tonight meet for the first time since Murray's emphatic victory in the gold medal match at the London Olympics, when the winners of the past two grand slam titles...

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Tomic to play wildcard in Wimbledon opener

Linda Pearce, London After a troubled build-up, Bernard Tomic will open his Wimbledon campaign against the young Belgian wildcard who worried Roger Federer at the French Open just three weeks ago.

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Injured Tsonga wary of facing 'fighter' Hewitt

Linda Pearce, London Lleyton Hewitt to take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Wimbledon first round.

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Stosur Australia's sole hope after near-wipeout at Wimbledon

Linda Pearce, London Australia is without a representative in the second round of the men's draw at Wimbledon for the first time since 1938, after 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt followed beaten 20th seed Bernard Tomic,...

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Hewitt bows out and then there were none

Linda Pearce, London With a final netted backhand from faded great Lleyton Hewitt, Australia confirms its worst result since 1938.

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No Djoke for Sharapova after shock Wimbledon loss

Linda Pearce Novak Djokovic does a famous impersonation of Maria Sharapova, but there was little about his fellow No.1 today that Djokovic wished to imitate.

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Murray faces major threat as men line up for finals

Linda Pearce At last, the Wimbledon men's quarter-final line-up is complete.

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Wimbledon prepares for outbreak of Murraymania

Linda Pearce Wimbledon will have one first-time finalist on Sunday, and his name will be either Andy Murray or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

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Federer storms into Wimbledon semi-final

Linda Pearce, London Roger Federer has reached a record 32nd grand slam semi-final but first at Wimbledon in three years, after an imperious 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 domination of his 14-time whipping boy, Russian Mikhail Youzhny.

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Murraymania has just gone up a few levels

Linda Pearce, London When Andy Murray faced the set point that would have sentenced him to a 0-2 deficit against Spanish ironman David Ferrer, Britain worried.