The Australian Open's animated tennis livestreams are making a splash. U.S. leagues have used similar technology to put Simpsons on the football field and superheroes on ice skates.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Viewers of tennis’ first Grand Slam event of the season now have an interesting alternative to watch their favorite players. According to a report in The Guardian, the animated streams are a ...

Carlos Alcaraz was depicted as a cartoon with a large head (Picture: Australian Open) The Australian Open is live streaming an alternative Wii Tennis-style broadcast during this year’s Grand ...

New for the 2025 event is an alternate broadcast that makes players look like something out of Wii Sports. The Australian Open organizers rolled out what they are calling "AO Animated" versions of ...

It’s unclear if they were inspired by the NFL’s Simpsons game or that one video of Wii tennis scored to the Challengers soundtrack, but either way, the Australian Open has come up with a bold ...