India suffered its first home Davis Cup defeat in seven years as it lost the Asia Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie against South Korea 1-4 today.India, playing the tie without 11 of its top players, needed to win both the reverse singles today to secure a win, but its hopes were dashed as both V M Ranjeet and Vijayant Malik lost their respective matches.Ranjeet fought gallantly in the do-or-die fourth rubber before losing 4-6, 4-6, 2-6 to Suk-Young Jeong, after battling for two hours and 32 minutes in the first reverse singles of the day. Later, Malik went down 2-6, 4-6 against debutant Ji Sung Nam in the inconsequential fifth rubber.India will next face Indonesia in the first-round play-off tie form 5th April at home