by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor

Otilia Badescu and Petrissa Solja are both similar and dissimilar; they are dissimilar in style with Otilia Badescu being a right handed close to the table attacking player who used short pimpled rubber on both sides of the racket.

Conversely, Petrissa Solja is a left handed top spin player who uses the reversed smooth rubber on each side of the blade.

The similarity is that both achieved at senior level; it is an achievement which an alarmingly high number of both Cadet Boys’ Singles and Cadet Girls’ Singles winners at the European Youth Championships have failed to attain.

Notably amongst many other accolades, Otilia Badescu won the Women’s Singles title at the European Youth Championships in 2003 in Courmayeur; more recently Petrissa Solja was a vital member of the German outfit that won the Women’s Team title at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Similar to Otilia Badescu, the 22 year old German has many more credits in her locker but what of Petrissa Solja the person?

Find out, recently she met Adam Bobrow in the latest edition of Ask a Pro Anything

Petrissa Solja meets Adam Bobrow