Richard Gasquet will have to wait to play the 1001st match of his career on the ATP circuit: the French veteran was stopped in the last round of qualifying for the Masters 1000 in Rome on Tuesday.
Gasquet, 37, lost 6-3, 6-4 against German Maximilian Marterer, 98th in the world.
The Biterrois, 113th in the ATP rankings, played and lost the 1000th match of his career ten days ago in Madrid.
Rome no longer succeeds in Gasquet, eliminated in the first round during his last four appearances in the Italian capital. In 2011, he reached the last four, his best result, before losing to Rafael Nadal.
Three French people, among the six competing at the start of the day, joined the main draw: Grégoire Barrère, Terence Atmane and Alexandre Müller, winners respectively of the Brazilian Felipe Meligeni (6-3, 7-6 (9/7)), d another Frenchman, Harold Mayot (6-3, 2-6, 6-2) and Moldovan Radu Albot (7-5, 6-2).
The French contingent at Foro Italico will include eight male and four female players.
Varvara Gracheva came out of qualifying by overthrowing Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (3-6, 6-2, 6-3). Océane Dodin, on the other hand, fell against the Czech Linda Fruhvirtova (6-4, 6-3).