HOUSTON (AP) _ Marcel Granollers-Pujol upset top-seeded James Blake 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 today in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship for his first tour title.

The seventh-seeded Spaniard came back from 3-0 down in the third set, turning back the American who at one point won 18 of 19 points.

But Granollers-Pujol, No. 84 in the world, would not go away and Blake, the world's eighth-ranked player, missed a chance to win his first clay-court title. He lost in the quarterfinals two years ago, the semifinals last year and reached the final this year.

The Spaniard won it when Blake hit a backhand long. Granollers-Pujol turned to his coach, squatted and clenched his fists after the match.