Monday, September 11 2006 11:55 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New York: After winning his first Grand Slam men's doubles title in five years at the US Open, Leander Paes has his eyes firmly set on the Doha Asian Games and has not ruled out taking the court in singles competition at the quadrennial mega event.

"I still love playing singles and still feel really fit to continue my duties in Davis Cup and Asian Games or Olympics. Singles is definitely not out of the question. It is a matter of whether the body is ready for it just when the time is calling," Paes says.

The Indian ace is sparking after teaming up with Czech Republic's Martin Damm for the 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-3 final victory over Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi of Belarus at Flushing Meadows Saturday (9 Sep, 2006).

Paes is also looking forward to grabbing an Asian Games gold medal in Doha by teaming up with Sania Mirza in the mixed doubles.

"I would look forward to playing with her. I was surprised when four days ago in the gym, Sania came up and asked 'are you playing mixed doubles with me or what.' "Last Asian Games, we got a bronze medal so there is lot of history in the partnership. It would be nice to share space on the court and hope we can do it better and come home with a gold," he says.



The US Open triumph victory of Paes and Damm seals their spot at the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai and Paes is expecting a good performance in the Chinese port city.

"It (qualification) is fantastic. I enjoy my partnership with Martin and look forward to the Masters Cup with him."