ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Naomi Osaka found her voice this year. In 2020, @naomiosaka used the pandemic’s pause of tennis to find the self-possession to speak up when and how she saw fit, a giant leap for a global superstar who once felt too self-conscious to exhort herself even on the court. In September, for example, after winning the U.S. Open for a second time, Osaka was asked by the ESPN analyst Tom Rinaldi to explain why she had entered each of her 7 matches wearing a face mask bearing the name of a Black victim of racist violence. “What was the message you wanted to send?” Rinaldi asked Osaka. “Well, what was the message that you got?” she replied. “I feel like the point is to make people start talking.” Her answer, volleyed back at him reflexively, precise and a bit arch, revealed a sharply different woman from the one who had withered under excruciating boos at Arthur Ashe Stadium after her first U.S. Open title in 2018. With more time to engage with civil rights protests during the pandemic, Osaka found the space to unravel her thoughts to convey an urgent and unequivocal demand for change. In doing so, she came to be as precise and efficient in her protest as she has been in her tennis, offering up her version of soft power: deploying bold activism shaped by her unique understanding of the world and her place in it. Tap the link in our bio to read more about Osaka finding her voice. Photo by @nytchangster of Osaka, taken after she won the U.S. Open this year.」12月17日 6時16分