“It’s a really powerful tool – if you’re sitting at home, you’re just sitting watching two people having a conversation.”Ĭoverage is further enhanced by hawkeye data, which will allow moments from matches to be recreated and analysed using visual aids. We’ve got a greenscreen set up in Melbourne court side or if you’re Boris in Germany, we can bring you into The Cube environment as if you were standing there. “We can teleport in athletes and players anywhere in the world. “For me the best thing about it is it’s a really powerful storytelling tool,” says Scott Young, Senior Vice President of Content and Production, Discovery Sports. It makes athletes appear as if they are standing next to the interviewer, when they are in fact still on-court or indeed from anywhere in the world. You may have previously seen footage of The Cube doing the rounds on social media. Former British No 1 Tim Henman is among the pundits from week two and he has been the questions from The Cube – which is described as an “extraordinary piece of technology” that teleports athletes and pundits into the studio. It has been a difficult start to 2022 for the US Open winner, a year which began by a crushing defeat to Elena Rybakina.Įven with Raducanu, Cam Norrie and Dan Evans out, though, there has been huge interest in the Open from the UK, where the coverage is being produced by discovery+ and shown on Eurosport. There was to be no such fairytale for Emma Raducanu, who was beaten in three sets by Danka Kovinic in the second round.
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