The Australian Open's animated tennis livestreams are making a splash. U.S. leagues have used similar technology to put ...

The Australian Open, the first big professional tennis tournament of 2025, is happening right now in Melbourne. But depending ...

Replacing players with virtual avatars was partly a necessity due to exclusive media rights deals. But beyond that, it ...

According to tennis reporter Bastien Fachan, that’s why matches of the Australian Open are currently being streamed online in what looks like Wii Sports Tennis. (It’s not actually Wii Sports ...

The characters used to depict some of tennis' biggest stars have an uncanny resemblance to those from the classic Wii Sports video game, a connection made by many online. Each country typically ...

Players appeared as cartoon-like figures resembling characters from the popular Wii Tennis game ... While the animated version drew attention online, Carlos Alcaraz dominated on the court.

In a unique attempt at bypassing broadcast rights worldwide, the Australian Open YouTube channel is live simulcasting games ...

Tennis. Why the Australian Open is trialling new, WII-tennis style broadcast Tennis ... There's like this pig online, his name is Merlin. And he knows how to press buttons so he can talk.

They look like they’re straight out of a video game, like Wii Tennis. The players’ bodies and faces have been replaced with Miis, basically. What gives? Per reporter Bastien Fachan ...

Tennis fans hitting YouTube to see live matches from the Australian Open could be forgiven for thinking they've accidentally clicked on a channel recreating the tournament in Wii Sports ...

But there's a good reason why the players, crowd, balls, and everything else are digital animations, making the whole thing look like a Wii Sports game. The first professional tennis tournament of ...