It is. The Australian Open on YouTube, due to rights issues, are getting around them by replacing real players with Nintendo Wii Sports Tennis characters. I think I love this. Like many sporting ...

the director of innovation at Tennis Australia, the organization behind the tournament, told The Guardian. “It’s not as seamless as it could be — we don’t have fingers — but in time you ...

Maybe attending sports events in person is too been-there, done-that in the modern age. So, apparently, is watching the actual action on a TV, laptop or ...

Maybe attending sports events in person is too ... Players are represented by characters that look like something out of a Wii game — not exactly perfect portrayals of Coco Gauff or Novak ...

The first professional tennis tournament of 2025 is using a clever way to ensure more people can watch the matches. As explained by tennis reporter Bastien ...

Produced in-house by Tennis Australia, video game-like recreations of live matches featuring digital player avatars have been taking over the internet.

Tennis fans worldwide ... so they’re live-streaming a Wii Tennis-like version of the matches on YouTube - love this 😂 Michael McCann, the director of the Sports and Entertainment Law ...

The Australian Open doesn't typically have the same buzz as other tennis majors. Whether that's because it takes place in January or there's a massive time difference between Australia and many ...

That’s because the tournament has put an animated overlay on some of its matches to avoid broadcast licensing conflicts, making players look an awful lot like Wii Sports characters, as reported ...