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 ... with digital avatars that mirror ...

Maybe attending sports events ... Daniil Medvedev's avatar destroying a net camera by smacking it repeatedly with his racket ...

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

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

The channel’s “AO Animated” coverage looks more like a Wii Sports tennis match than a real one, with players’ physical forms replaced with virtual avatars. Fans that have viewed the live ...