Playing his first Davis Cup singles match in four years, Rohan Bopanna saved himself from embarrassment as he edged past Hong Chung in the nick of time in the Davis Cup AsiaOceania Group I tie in Chandigarh on Sunday.Asked to take court in place of Saketh Myneni, who is still recovering from his gruelling match on Friday, Bopanna laboured to a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win against Chung.Ramkumar lost the close contest 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 in little over two hours to Lim.Despite losing the tie 1-4 , the Koreans have to be credited for making life tough for the Indians.India will now make its third attempt to qualify for the elite 16-nation World Group. They await the results of the World Group matches to know the rival in the play-offs to be held in September.India last played in World Group in 2011 when it lost the first round against Serbia. After that, they have lost play-offs twice – against Serbia (in 2014, Bangalore) and Czech Republic (in 2015, New Delhi).