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.

Not all of it blends in perfectly, of course. The tennis balls are much larger in the animated version. The racquets are oddly oversized and, at times, tend to move away from the players’ hands.

Alex de Minaur's win over Dutch player Botic van de Zandschulp was available to watch on YouTube in an animated ... tennis balls are unusually large, players' heads are out of proportion and the ...

The Australian Open organizers rolled out what they are calling "AO Animated" versions of ... the player's racket and the tennis ball vanish out of thin air. The audio doesn't sync up perfectly ...

The Australian Open's animated tennis livestreams are making a splash ... as are the court, racquets, balls, umpires, ball people and spectators. The sounds, commentary and action are real ...

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

There’s Daniil Medvedev, last year’s finalist, whaling his racket into ... oversized tennis balls and volatile rackets. But part of the success of AO Animated is that its creators are not ...

The tennis balls are unusually large, players' heads are out of proportion and the racquets they are holding ... of ongoing matches to watch, featuring animated players on a virtual court.