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.
Tennis
A Tomic bomb over Rafter leaves Australia reeling
Linda Pearce Tomic has decided to extend his Rafter-imposed suspension from the first Davis Cup tie.
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...
Linda Pearce
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?
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.
Murray, darling of All England
Linda Pearce A more romantic Wimbledon men's final is hard to imagine. So much international love for Roger Federer. So much patriotic hope invested in Andy Murray.
Tennis
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.
Tennis
Thanks for the lesson: Federer gives Bernard a masterclass
Linda Pearce ROGER FEDERER is not the peerless force he used to be, but Bernard Tomic is still developing into the great player he will become.
