このsorryは謝罪でよさそうです

USオープンの決勝が翻訳の問題にまで発展しているようですが、大坂なおみの発言は謝罪の意味でとって良さそうです。I felt like I had to apologise.と本人が語っているのは動画インタビューの3:10からのやりとりです。もしくはこちらのツイートからピンポイントで発言を見れます。

Naomi Osaka admits she was 'a little bit sad' as US Open win ended in boos

Japanese player won her first grand slam title on Saturday

Final was overshadowed by allegations of sexism

Guardian sport

Mon 10 Sep 2018 15.48 BST

“I felt a little bit sad because I wasn’t really sure if [the crowd] were booing at me or if it wasn’t the outcome that they wanted,” said Osaka on Monday in an interview with NBC’s Today. “I also could sympathise because I’ve been a fan of Serena my whole life. And I knew how badly the crowd wanted her to win, I don’t know, I was just really emotional up there.”

The 20-year-old apologised after the match, and on Monday said she felt like the crowd had not got the ending they wanted. “I felt like everyone was sort of unhappy up there and I know that it wasn’t really … the ending wasn’t what people wanted it to be,” she said. “In my dreams, I won in a very competitive match so I don’t know, I just felt very emotional and I felt like I had to apologise.”

今回の騒動でテニスファン以外の人々も関わるようになり問題が複雑になっていますが、本人がそう言っているので今回は謝罪の意味でよさそうです。でも文脈によって意味が変わるような表現は気をつけないといけませんね。

テニスファンとして大坂選手のフォアの威力にびっくりしました。真剣に見たのが初めてだったもので。。。その辺りはニューヨークタイムズがフォアの威力を解剖した記事を出しているほどです。決勝の試合は違った問題を呼び起こしてしまうので、別の試合を。シャラポワを過去の選手にしてしまっています。。。

A Look at the Power Behind

Naomi Osaka’s Blazing Forehand

By JOE WARD SEPT. 8, 2018

Naomi Osaka is one of the few women in pro tennis with a forehand shot clocked at more than 100 miles per hour. The shot has been an integral part of her game — a game that has landed the 20-year-old Osaka in her first Grand Slam final, against the also-powerful Serena Williams. Mark Kovacs, a sports scientist and coach at Kovacs Institute outside Atlanta, helps explain what is happening in the blur of Osaka’s forehand, and how she generates so much power.

テニス選手としての彼女の強さ、凄さをもっともっと取り上げてもらいたいですね。