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
It hasn't been my very best: Stosur weighs Wimbledon loss
Linda Pearce Sam Stosur likes grass a little more than she used to, but still not terribly much. For the ninth time in 10 visits to Wimbledon, the Queenslander lost before the third round, and was left scratching...
Tennis
No time to mope: Stosur
Linda Pearce, London Australia's worst Wimbledon performance since 1939 and Sam Stosur's latest ill-fated quest to improve her poor record at the grasscourt major ended simultaneously, and early, on the tournament's...
Tennis
Nadal's vanquisher falls by the way
Linda Pearce, London Wimbledon giant-slayer Lukas Rosol goes flaming out of the tournament he electrified.
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.
Tennis
Serena sneaks into quarters
Linda Pearce, London Serena Williams reaches Wimbledon quarter-finals for the fifth time in six years.
Tennis
Vintage Williams in Wimbledon advance
Linda Pearce Given that the two former champions remaining in the women's draw at Wimbledon collided at the quarter-final stage, only one, obviously, could reach the last four.
Tennis
Williams lifts to new level
Linda Pearce, London On top of the shocking indignity of her earliest grand slam loss at last month's French Open, two precarious Wimbledon three-setters against lesser opponents were enough for Serena Williams.
