Linda Pearce
Freelance Sports Writer at Freelance
Sportswriter at CODE Sports
2023 Harry Gordon Aus Sports Journalist of the Year. Was: @agesport. @codesportsau. 50+ slams, Olympics, Comm Games, etc. Liv’s mum. ❤️💙
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3 weeks ago |
thefirstserve.com.au | Linda Pearce
Just hours after watching Novak Djokovic's emotional gold medal defeat of Carlos Alcaraz at the Paris Olympics from the front row seats reserved for ITF directors, Mark Woodforde rushed onto the Eurostar for the rail trip back to London. Across the aisle from the Australian doubles great was Andy Murray, Djokovic's future coach (although he didn’t know it then), who was travelling with his eldest daughter, nine-year-old Sophia.
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2 months ago |
thefirstserve.com.au | Linda Pearce
Through Maya Joint’s recent surge into the WTA’s top 100 as the No.2-ranked teenager behind Russian prodigy Mirra Andreeva, the US-born-and-raised Queenslander also became the third member of the Australian women’s top-five to have originally represented someone else.
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2 months ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Linda Pearce
When Amy Parmenter was being courted by the fledgling Melbourne Mavericks following the shock end to Collingwood’s seven-season dalliance with Super Netball, the Giants’ wing defence raised the subject of the Magpies’ demise. Parmenter knew how hard it had been for the AFL heavyweights to establish a netball foothold in a Melbourne Vixens-dominated market, despite recruiting an all-star line-up and making finals in year one.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
thefirstserve.com.au | Linda Pearce
Much like returning reluctantly to the economy cabin after having somehow snaffled a rare seat in business class, Destanee Aiava has a term for what comes straight after a Grand Slam. "I always describe it as like a 'come down'," says Aiava of the time when the spotlight dims and hospitality and hotel star ratings dwindle, as the game's lesser names return to the far more blue-collar and unglamorous lower-tier events.
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Jan 17, 2025 |
thefirstserve.com.au | Linda Pearce
The power of Carlos Alcaraz is not just in the stinging velocity and outrageous variety of his shotmaking or the extra muscle added to a tweaked service motion with the help of a heavier racquet, but in the irresistible star power he brings to the court and the sport.
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Enjoyed being part of ep5 of the @GuardianAus podcast series on Gina Rinehart. We revisit the @NetballAust @DonnellWallam debacle, following @DavidPocock's interesting take on Hancock's ongoing athlete support at @SwimmingAUS and elsewhere. #netballchaos https://t.co/DSmXHMaZp3
Australian tennis fans might remember when "Aussie" Hana Mandlikova was partnering @TheRealPatCash @ @hopmancup? My @thefirstserve read on @TennisAustralia recruits and, ahem, acquisitions through the decades, from non-Aussie Hana and beyond. #WTA #tennis https://t.co/aJaVzdo3vN
Great to be back in @satpaper ahead of @SuperNetball season two for the @MelbMavericks. Chatted with coach @traceynev, captain @parmenter_amy et al about what's been learnt and what's to come. #netball https://t.co/0j2s2Io38X
