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.
One winner in battle of the Australians
Linda Pearce At 34 seconds past 5.30pm on Tuesday, an Australian not named Samantha Stosur won at the Open.
Duckworth prevails in battle of close mates
Linda Pearce At 34 seconds past 5.30pm on Tuesday, an Australian not named Samantha Stosur won a match at this year’s Australian Open.
Australian 'loss' a matter of form
Linda Pearce Could world No. 15 Milos Raonic have been the top-20 successor to Lleyton Hewitt?
King of the court
Linda Pearce THE new Australian No.1 is searching for the p-word he wants to use to describe his 20-year-old predecessor Bernard Tomic. Prodigy? Yes, that's the one.
Tennis
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...
Tennis
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.
Murray belatedly into quarter-finals
Linda Pearce Lone British contender finally reaches the Wimbledon quarter-finals, defeating Marin Cilic.
Tennis
Murray faces major threat as men line up for finals
Linda Pearce At last, the Wimbledon men's quarter-final line-up is complete.
