The animated avatars of the competitors give viewers the impression they’re watching a live stream of someone playing Wii Sports on gaming console Nintendo Wii rather than a Grand Slam. The reason ...

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

Screengrab of Australian Open TV stream showing the players as Wii Tennis characters ... is going through his drills before a point, their avatar will perform the same movements.

The unique presentation style resembles a live stream of a Nintendo Wii Sports game rather than a Grand Slam event. As per Firstpost, the move to animated avatars comes from Tennis Australia's ...

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 ...