New York, Sep 10 - India's Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic overcame a stiff challenge from top seeds American brothers Bob and Mike 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) to storm into the finals of men's doubles in the US Open tennis tournament here Wednesday.

Fourth seeds Paes and Dlouhy thus avenged their defeat in the title-round here last year. The Indo-Czech pair held their nerves in the tense decider to pull off a thrilling match in an hour and 51 minutes.

The deciding set itself lasted 55 minutes with Paes and Dlouhy wasting a match point in the 10th game off left-hander Bob's serve.

Dlouhy struggled with his serve initially in the third set. He was down 0-40 in the first game, but managed well to hold after saving three break points in the game that stretched to 16 points.

Bob and Mike served strong and won three straight service games at love to level 3-3. Paes' service was under attack in the seventh game and he had to ward off four break points to hold after being down 0-40.