<p>The Indian Davis Cup team entered the World Group playoffs after notching up a historic away triumph over Korea following Somdev Devvarman's win over Yong-Kyu Lim in the reverse singles of the Group I Asia/Oceania second round tie here today.<br /><br />Somdev prevailed 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-1 in the first reverse singles to make the overall scoreline 3-1 in favour of India, rendering the second reverse singles inconsequential leading to its cancellation.<br /><br />"Unreal effort by @SomdevD to give us the win against Korea! fightttttt @rohanbopanna , #teamindiaaaaaa.." tweeted Indian team member Sanam Singh.<br /><br />"Beast Somdev :)," added Rohan Bopanna, who partnered Saketh Myneni in the crucial doubles win yesterday which handed India the advantage.</p>.<p><br />It was another one of those trademark fighting efforts by Somdev, who had endured a tough contest on the opening day as well.<br /><br />The India number one's much-admired never-say-die-attitude was once again on display against Korea's numero uno singles player, who wilted after putting up a good show in the first two sets.<br /><br />Lim had beaten Sanam Singh in the opening singles on day one of the contest but was out-witted today.<br /><br />India have now improved their overall head-to-head record against Korea to 4-6. The last time the two teams played was in 2013 when the Koreans beat India 4-1 in New Delhi in the absence of top players, who boycotted the tie.<br /><br />India came into this tie after having blanked Taipei 5-0 while the hosts had got a bye in the first round as one of the top seeds.</p>
<p>The Indian Davis Cup team entered the World Group playoffs after notching up a historic away triumph over Korea following Somdev Devvarman's win over Yong-Kyu Lim in the reverse singles of the Group I Asia/Oceania second round tie here today.<br /><br />Somdev prevailed 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-1 in the first reverse singles to make the overall scoreline 3-1 in favour of India, rendering the second reverse singles inconsequential leading to its cancellation.<br /><br />"Unreal effort by @SomdevD to give us the win against Korea! fightttttt @rohanbopanna , #teamindiaaaaaa.." tweeted Indian team member Sanam Singh.<br /><br />"Beast Somdev :)," added Rohan Bopanna, who partnered Saketh Myneni in the crucial doubles win yesterday which handed India the advantage.</p>.<p><br />It was another one of those trademark fighting efforts by Somdev, who had endured a tough contest on the opening day as well.<br /><br />The India number one's much-admired never-say-die-attitude was once again on display against Korea's numero uno singles player, who wilted after putting up a good show in the first two sets.<br /><br />Lim had beaten Sanam Singh in the opening singles on day one of the contest but was out-witted today.<br /><br />India have now improved their overall head-to-head record against Korea to 4-6. The last time the two teams played was in 2013 when the Koreans beat India 4-1 in New Delhi in the absence of top players, who boycotted the tie.<br /><br />India came into this tie after having blanked Taipei 5-0 while the hosts had got a bye in the first round as one of the top seeds.</p>