Today I gonna talk about Petra Marčinko. She is a 16-year-old girl from Croatia and is the new world No.1 junior girls tennis player. I followed her games for a while, she is really good at playing tennis. She is the ITF 2021 World Champion! So young and so talented. I feel like I wasted my youth.
Then I just started searching for this girl, trying to dig into more information about her. When I typed in “Petra” in the search box, the first thing that jumped out was “Petra an ancient city”. I was like, “What? This girl was named after an ancient city?” But then I realized that they were different things, Petra is an ancient city in Jordan, dated back to the fourth century B.C. I thought, “Oh, what a coincidence,” and I kept looking for information about this tennis player.
I watched some videos of her games and interviews. She seems to be a mature and focused person. In one interview, I saw a bunch of strange symbols, which I didn’t recognize. It looks like this:
- -0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-a-b-c-d-e-f: 250-─ 2500 ━ 2501 │ 2502 ┃ 2503 ┄ 2504 ┅ 2505 ┆ 2506 ┇ 2507 ┈ 2508 ┉ 2509 ┊ 250a ┋ 250b ┌ 250c ┍ 250d 。
I don’t know what these are for, maybe it’s some kind of secret code. Maybe it’s related to the ancient city? Or maybe it’s just some random stuff the website put there. Anyway, I tried to find more information about this.
Then I started to think about my own life, remembering those days when I was young. I was obsessed with someone at that time. I was wondering if that was normal, so I searched for “Adults who are obsessed with their relationships”. And one result said something about categories of friendship, but that was not what I wanted. Maybe I should have just searched for something more general.
I kept searching, and I found an article about technology and student research. It talked about providing reliable resources and evidence-based solutions. I think that’s important. When I was a student, I didn’t have access to these kinds of resources. I really wish these things could have been available back then. It could have helped me a lot.
I also read something about exercise training and mitochondrial homeostasis. It said exercise can help with CVDs by improving mitochondrial function. I think that’s true. I do feel better after some exercise. I should definitely do more exercise.
So, this is what I did today. I started with this amazing tennis player, Petra Marčinko, got distracted by an ancient city, then started digging up some weird symbols, and ended up thinking about my past relationships, student resources, and exercise. What a day! I just want to keep playing sports and being healthy. And that young tennis player is really something, I will keep watching her play.
