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The Levante Open has also made it onto television. On 17 July, Telesveva broadcast a report on the presentation of Bari’s new Challenger, accompanying the story with a video and a very direct message: international men’s tennis is returning to Circolo Tennis Bari.
The report is brief, as is often the case in television news, but it focuses on the points the public needed at that stage: dates, category, venue and the objective of the project.
From 28 September to 4 October on the clay courts of Bari
Telesveva identifies the Levante Open as an ATP Challenger 50 scheduled from 28 September to 4 October. The courts are those of Circolo Tennis Bari, which celebrates 90 years of activity in 2026.
That is the essential identity card of the event. For anyone who wants to go further, we have collected the general information in the article dedicated to the Levante Open 2026 and explained the category in our guide to the ATP Challenger 50.
A first edition without hiding its ambition
The television report also returns to the theme of growth. The tournament starts at the Challenger 50 level, while the organisers are looking at the possibility of consolidating the event and raising its level in future seasons.
The distinction is important: today, the Levante Open is a Challenger 50. What it can become will depend on what this first edition manages to demonstrate. It is more useful to measure the project by facts than to turn a future objective into a certainty.
Young Italian players in Telesveva’s coverage
The broadcaster also refers to the expected presence of young Italian players. In July, that was still a planning indication; today we can add some more concrete data. The initial acceptance list already contains five Italians with direct entry, while further places may come through wild cards and qualifying.
The updated field is in our tournament entry list. The Italians already accepted are the focus of our feature on the Italian players at the Levante Open.
Why a television report matters in the press review
A press review should not collect only long-form articles. Television brings the tournament to a different audience, often more local and less accustomed to looking directly at the ATP calendar.
In this case, the Telesveva report captures the moment of the presentation well: the club, the tournament organisers and the idea of a new week of professional tennis in the city.
Watch the Telesveva report
The original page contains the video report and the short article that accompanies it:
From the July report to the September courts, the gap is now short. The first edition is close: after the words of the presentation, matches, results and spectators will finally arrive.