A YouTube stream of the Australian Open has gone viral for its glitches, but it's also a sign of the future of sports media.

The tennis balls are unusually large, players' heads are out of proportion and the racquets they are holding ... But the scores are spot on. This cartoon is the Australian Open's free-to-watch ...

Rackets, balls, umpires and the court itself are also displayed in animated form. It’s the second year that Tennis Australia has used AI technology and audiences are growing. The first-round ...

Alex de Minaur's win over Dutch player Botic van de Zandschulp was available to watch on YouTube in an animated format The tennis balls are unusually ... proportion and the racquets they are ...

Advertisement They are also cartoons. There’s Daniil Medvedev ... with their big heads, oversized tennis balls and volatile rackets. But part of the success of AO Animated is that its creators ...