Harri Heliövaara told about the pairing in his blog on Tuesday. Australian John Peers, 35, has previously played with, for example, Henri Kontinen.
Tennis doubles specialist Harri Heliövaara start the 2024 season of John Peers roll. The Australian has played before, for example Henri Kontinen with.
– We agreed with Peers to start playing together in front of his home crowd in Brisbane at the very beginning of the year. The purpose is to play at least the first three months together and then see how things have gone, Heliövaara told in his blog.
Heliövaara was played by a Brit for a long time by Lloyd Glasspool with and rose to the top of the doubles last year. The duo’s enjoyment of the game dwindled during this season, and at the end of the season Heliövaara tried the German Andreas Miesin with. It didn’t go as expected.
The Finn believes that the joint game will go well with Peers.
– I asked Kontinen’s “Henkaltak” opinion on the matter over the weekend, and he also said that Peers is a very compatible pair for me in terms of gameplay.