“Australia is so far away and for a tennis player, that’s really, really hard,” she said in an interview at Melbourne Park this week, where she is covering the Australian Open for ESPN.

and tennis in Australia, was on life support. Back then, the Australian Open felt like a Grand Slam only by name. The tournament, then hosted at the outgrown facilities in Kooyong, a suburb of ...

But on some screens, there were no tennis players on Margaret Court Arena, or even fans in the stands. It was the pros' animated avatars doing all the action, thanks to Tennis Australia’s real ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Things are somewhat out of control at the Australian Open this year ... society or any sort of trend in modern-day tennis. Then again, maybe it’s a reflection of ...

MELBOURNE, Australia ... world's best tennis players into animated versions of themselves in an ingenious effort to bypass broadcasting restrictions at this year's Australian Open.

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 ...

Everyone loves a great crowd and atmosphere but the Australian Open has been blighted by ... There is a simple solution for Tennis Australia to start reducing the disrespectful and distracting ...

These characters are drawn by Tennis Australia’s Mark Riedy, who works on the Australian Open’s gaming content. Riedy works in a bunker, surrounded by computer screens and feeds of all the ...

The Australian Open is getting in on the newest trend ... and I think I want to watch myself, too.” Tennis Australia created its own “skins” to represent players, chair umpires and ball ...

Djokovic is bringing along another tennis legend as his coach, Andy Murray, his former rival who just retired as a player last year. The 2025 Australian Open is held in Melbourne, Australia ...