The Australian Open’s much-talked-about animated tennis broadcasts have officially gone big and behind a paywall.

The 2025 tennis season has kicked into high gear with the Australian Open, the season's first Grand Slam, starting this week. Aryna Sabalenka is bidding for her third straight Australian Open women's ...

The players are animated, but all the sounds on the court and the commentary remain real. The players are animated, but all the sounds on the court and the commentary remain real. is a news writer who ...

2024 was a massive year for innovation in tennis (it is the sex, after all), and 2025 is proving no different. It’s unclear if they were inspired by the NFL’s Simpsons game or that one video of Wii ...

Tennis fans worldwide can stream Australian Open matches online, with a catch: The players on screen aren't real human beings, but video game-like avatars on a computer-generated court. The tournament ...

When 19-year-old Learner Tien broke No. 5 seed Daniil Medvedev’s serve late in the fifth set of their second-round nailbiter, tennis fans were on the edge of their seats. But on some screens, there ...

The Australian Open might look a little different this year if you’re livestreaming it on YouTube. That’s because the tournament has put an animated overlay on some of its matches to avoid broadcast ...