The Australian Open is re-creating tennis matches with players looking like something out of a Wii game. Here's why these ...

The tennis balls are unusually large, players' heads are out of proportion and the racquets they are holding sometimes seem ...

Tennis Australia has transformed the world's best players into animated versions of themselves to bypass broadcast ...

If you’re tuning into the 2025 Australian Open, you may notice something very, very weird about the players on the court if ...

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

The Australian Open might look a little different this year if you’re livestreaming it on YouTube. That’s because the ...

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

Even in this world, the whole concept is a blast—fingers (and fully rendered clothes, unfortunately) be damned. You can see ...

The world No. 1 joked that she "need[s] to know who designed my character" upon learning that her AO Animated counterpart looks different in one big way.

Danielle Collins thanked her haters for paying her bills at the Australian Open, and this is the kind of energy more people ...