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Former women’s world No. 1 Naomi Osaka, and former men’s world No. 4 Kei Nishikori will be eligible to compete for Japan at this summer’s Paris Olympics despite their low current rankings, the Japan Tennis Association announced Thursday. The JTA said it received word of the two players’ status from the International Tennis Federation. Osaka was the final runner of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony in 2021, while Nishikori has competed in four straight Olympics since Beijing in 2008. Each national Olympic committee can register up to four players in ea…