Taylor Fritz Blames Australian Open's Tennis Balls for Injury
Fritz is far from the only player on the ATP Tour who is unhappy with the quality of tennis balls over the past few years.
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Taylor Fritz brutally slams Australian Open balls, blames them for contracted injury
Taylor Fritz described the balls used during the Australian Open swing as "the deadest balls ever" and claimed that they ...
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Why the Australian Open is streaming live tennis with gaming-style player avatars
The Australian Open is getting in on ... and I think I want to watch myself, too." Tennis Australia created its own "skins" to represent players, chair umpires and ball persons.
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The $100 million reason you should discourage your kids from playing tennis
As the Australian Open ... 100th best tennis player in the world. So channel the professional sporting dreams of that kid in your life somewhere more lucrative. Buy them a soccer ball, a baseball ...
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Australian Open tennis tournament replaces players with Wii Sports-like avatars to stream live matches
If you go the Australian Open tennis ... crowd, balls, and everything else are digital animations, making the whole thing look like a Wii Sports game. The first professional tennis tournament ...
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Precision meets pressure inside the Australian Open stringing room
At the Australian Open in 2025, for the 10th consecutive year ... Eikeri was returning serve and made contact with the ball towards the tip of her frame. A string snapped and actually caught ...
The Australian Open’s animated tennis players: A YouTube sensation and the future of sports media
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.
How the Australian Open became the tennis Silicon Valley, from roofs to party courts
What California is to America, Australia has often been for tennis — the lab where new stuff goes for a test drive ...
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From Kiwi farms to the Australian Open: Hawke’s Bay wool powers tennis balls for 50 years
Kiwi Lulu Sun playing with a tennis ball made with NZ wool during the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne. Photo / AFP When a tennis ball bounces across the court at a grand slam ...
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Australian Open spectator's incredible act as play stopped due to distressing ball kid incident
But at the Australian Open they take part for the love of the sport and the experience. Tennis Australia offers its ball kids a gift bag and food allowance for the two-week event at Melbourne Park ...
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The Australian Open’s animated livestreams make players look like Wii Sports characters
The animated players follow all the same movements as their real-life counterparts as they travel across a cartoon-ish court, while the “whap” of the ball ... the Australian Open can air ...
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Tim Puetz’s quick-thinking saves fainting Australian Open ball kid from collapsing in scorching heat
The actions of an Australian Open star has potentially ... on their feet as they began throwing balls that hadn’t been asked for. A quick-thinking tennis player has saved a fainting ball girl ...