The Frenchman who started the week on provisional ninth for the eight-man finals next month in London, all but admitted that his chances are gone after tasting defeat against the Czech player, four days after losing the Shanghai Masters final against world number one Novak Djokovic.
"Today, I didn't play good enough to win. I tried, but things did not work for me."
The former Australian Open finalist said that he can accept the fact that he will likely not earn a spot in London, though he could well make the trip as a well-paid alternate.
"I'm not sad, three weeks ago I was 24th in the race," said a player who only began his season in mid-March due to injury. "It's important for me to take every point that I can.
"But I won't be playing until Paris Bercy (starting a week from Monday), I now have some time to rest. I just hope to be more consistent in 2016 and stay healthy."
The defeat strengthened the hand of David Ferrer, who spent a mere 62 minutes in delivering a crushing 6-1, 6-1 defeat to fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez to stay in the thick of the London points chase on eighth with the last two spots in the field still to be claimed.
