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Watch the five best Hot Shots from the month of May on the ATP Challenger Tour, featuring Vasek Pospisil, Tommy Paul, Tennys Sandgren, Jeremy Chardy and Soon-woo Kwon.

Joao Domingues is eager to lift more trophies on the ATP Challenger Tour now that he has a taste for the top prizes. The Portuguese clinched his first title with a 7-6(4), 6-4 triumph over Sebastian Ofner in Mestre, Italy, on Sunday. Two years removed from his last Challenger main draw in Barranquilla, Colombia, the 23 year old was making just his third appearance on the circuit. Having enjoyed the majority of his success at the ITF Futures level, claiming seven titles from 18 finals, he is eager to take the leap to the next level. “I’m very happy with this win, it’s my first title on the ATP Challenger Tour,” said Domingues. “I’m playing very well this year, so I...

Five months of patience and grueling rehabilitation have been rewarded for Ricardas Berankis. The Lithuanian lifted his eighth ATP Challenger Tour title in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, with an emphatic 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Yannick Hanfmann on Saturday. Hip surgery forced the 26 year old to begin his 2017 campaign in May. A first round exit (l. De Loore) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, was a tough re-introduction, but Berankis was delighted by his rapid return to form in Shymkent. “Of course winning a title so quickly gives me confidence. Every point gives me confidence. For me, that was the longest time I've not played tennis during my career,” revealed Berankis. “The other guys are in the middle of the season, but for me...

LOOK BACK Busan Open (Busan, South Korea): Vasek Pospisil lifted a first ATP Challenger Tour trophy since Vancouver 2013, having swept aside the field in Busan without dropping a set. The 26 year old capped a fine week with a 6-1, 6-2 triumph over Go Soeda, needing just 55 minutes to land a fifth Challenger title. The former World No. 25 returns to the Top 100 in the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time since July 2016, rising 24 places to No. 82. BNP Paribas Primrose (Bordeaux, France): Top seed Steve Darcis clinched his 10th Challenger title in the 10th edition of the prestigious clay-court event. On the grounds of the renowned Villa Primrose, Darcis battled past defending champion...

For 120 years, sport has been a staple component of life in Bordeaux, France, at the Villa Primrose Club. Several disciplines from fencing, handball, to golf and hockey have kept this community vibrant and active. However, it is tennis that is the true sporting passion at the historic institution, which hosts the BNP Paribas Primrose, a prestigious clay-court event on the ATP Challenger Tour. “The club was created in 1897 by families linked to the wine trade, harbour business and the banking world,” said tournament director Jean-Baptiste Perlant. “The founders, avid tennis fans, engrained an entrepreneurial spirit, we can say competition is in the club’s genetic make up." A decade after its opening, the first Primrosiens Cup in 1907 enabled players...