Australian Open, Wii Sports and tennis

Why Australian Open live streams look like Wii tennis — and what it means for sports
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.
The Australian Open is showing Wii Tennis versions of live matches – and players are delighted
The Australian Open don’t own all of their broadcasting rights (fairly common), so they’re live-streaming a Wii Tennis-like version of the matches on YouTube - love this 😂 This is Carlos Alcaraz’ match point: pic.twitter.com/HvxhYneWGH
The Australian Open’s animated livestreams make players look like Wii Sports characters
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 licensing conflicts, making players look an awful lot like Wii Sports characters, as reported earlier by The Guardian.
Why Australian Open streaming matches in 2025 look like Wii tennis
If you're tuning into the 2025 Australian Open, you may notice something very, very weird about the players on the court if you're watching matches on YouTube. They look like they're straight out of a video game,
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Australian Open semifinals 2025: How to watch today's matches, full tournament schedule, where to stream free and more
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Why the Australian Open is animating matches with Wii-like characters
The year’s first Grand Slam tournament, which runs through Jan. 26, is streaming real-time animated feeds on its YouTube ...
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Why The Australian Open LOOKS Like Wii Tennis!
Clips of Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev as Wii avatars have been circulating social media - as the Australian Open has been using computer-generated avatars that look a lot like Wii tennis.
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Australian Open: Wii Tennis avatars being used for YouTube streams
The ongoing 2025 Australian Open has taken a unique approach to its live broadcasts on the official YouTube channel. Rather ...
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Why the Australian Open is streaming live tennis with gaming-style player avatars
Due to broadcast restrictions, the Australian Open is live streaming a Wii Tennis-style alt-cast. “I had no idea that something like that exists, so for me, it was quite funny to see that ...
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The future of tennis? We watched Tien upset Medvedev on the Australian Open’s AO Animated livestream to find out
Produced in-house by Tennis Australia, video game-like recreations of live matches featuring digital player avatars have been taking over the internet.