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CHANDIGARH -- The outcome was never in doubt. Shoes Wholesale China Market . Misgivings if any, were only over bad blood spilling on to the court. Mercifully, it didnt. Even if it did, it was camouflaged pretty well. Veiling their differences, Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna handed India a 3-0 win over South Korea in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania second round tie on Saturday.Our chemistry was great. If it wasnt, we couldnt have won in such convincing fashion, Bopanna rebutted when asked about the duos on-court camaraderie.With this win, India has made the World Group playoffs and rendered Sundays reverse singles inconsequential.For Seong-Chan Hong and Hong Chung, more than anything else, the rubber was a sound lesson in grass court tennis. Ranked 427 and 655 respectively, the duo fell to the mastery of Paes staggering timing at the net and Bopannas near-impeccable serve 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.With Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni giving India a 2-0 lead at the end of the first day, one that was marred by spasms and forfeits, India wrapping up the tie with a day to spare was a foregone conclusion. Though India made the World Group play off last year with a win over New Zealand in Christchurch, they were battered 1-3 by the Czechs in the World Group playoff tie in New Delhi in September to slip back into the Asia/Oceania group.Conceding that the surface wasnt the sole villain, the Koreans paid tribute to the seasoned Indian duo, Its tough to say whether playing India on hard court would have changed the outcome, said Chung, Paes and Bopanna are amazing players and its been a great experience for us to play against them.Between them, Bopanna and Paes have a combined age of 79, but it was enough to dismantle the Koreans effortlessly. Playing their only match together before heading for the Olympics in a fortnights time, Paes and Bopanna, only know too well that pitted against the worlds best doubles pairs in Rio, theres little room for hurt egos and bruised spirits. With 14 of his 18 Grand Slam titles coming in his 30s and 40s, Paes, flitting about like floating paper with an ageless pair of legs, anticipating returns, put away winners at will. Though the first couple of games went with serve, a jaded Hong, who had to be helped off the court during his singles rubber against Ramkumar Ramanathan on Friday, was slow, partic