BASEL, Switzerland (AP) Roger Federer's chance of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals was boosted Wednesday when Richard Gasquet lost in the Swiss Indoors first round.
Fifth-seeded Gasquet, who won the Kremlin Cup title in Moscow on Sunday, was beaten 6-4, 6-2 by fellow Frenchman Michael Llodra.
Gasquet holds the eighth and final qualifying position for the finals in London, but wasted a chance to extend his ATP points lead over compatriot Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Tsonga has skipped this week's tournaments ahead of the Paris Masters, which is the final points-scoring event.
Gasquet joins Tomas Berdych and Stanislas Wawrinka as London contenders, with the latter two having both lost their opening match at Basel.