New York, Sep 10 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Martin Damm rebounded from a set down to beat second seeded Max Mirnyi of Sweden and Jonas Bjorkman of Belarus 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-3 to lift the men's doubles title at the US Open.

With the win Saturday, Paes took his Grand Slam title tally to seven. The last time he won a Grand Slam title was in 2003 at the Wimbledon, in the mixed doubles partnering Martina Navratilova.

This was also Paes' first men's doubles title in five years. In 2001, he and compatriot Mahesh Bhupati won the doubles title at the French Open.

The sixth seeded Indo-Czech pair came back strongly after losing the first set in a tiebreaker.

The 6'5" Mirnyi, nicknamed "the beast", used his enormous reach to take care of some high overhead shots. Paes clinched numerous points by poaching - sneaking in the ball just across the net.

Both teams were equally fierce on their serves, but the 15 unforced errors and nine double faults by Bjorkman and Mirnyi cost them the title. In the second set, the gap started to widen.

The expressive Paes, who was slamming down his racket in frustration in the first set, began pumping his fist, and alongwith Damm performed a dance on the court as the two nudged their way ahead in the second set.

Both teams fought it out until Paes and Damm, up 4-3, managed to snatch a break to serve for the match. When Damm pounded back an overhead for a sideline winner to secure the title, a jubilant Paes bounded into his arms.

However, Damm failed to keep on the momentum and failed to clinch a title in the mixed doubles.

Damm, teaming with compatriot Kveta Peschke, lost to fifth seeded American pair of Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan 6-2, 6-3, in the final of the mixed doubles.