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  • Derek Jeter Sat in Caroline Wozniacki’s Player’s Box at the US Open

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    NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 24: Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki and Baseball player Derek Jeter attend the Player's Tribune party to celebrate women in sports and the 2015 U.S. Open on August 24, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for The Players' Tribune)

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    NEW YORK — Derek Jeter isn’t trying to lead the Yankees to the postseason this September, so he spent part of Tuesday afternoon watching tennis instead.

    The Captain sat in Caroline Wozniacki’s player’s box for the first set of her 6-2, 6-0 blowout of Jamie Loeb, the Ossining, N.Y., native and reigning NCAA champion from North Carolina. Jeter then moved to a suite for the second set (presumably to get some air conditioning.)

    What’s the connection, you may ask.

    NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: Former New York Yankee Derek Jeter is seen on Day Two of the 2015 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 1, 2015 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 571780075 ORIG FILE ID: 486164450

    Derek Jeter sat in Caroline Wozniacki’s player’s box on Tuesday at the US Open. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

    Well, Wozniacki is now a senior editor for Jeter’s website, The Players’ Tribune, and she even gave the site a shoutout during her on-court interview.

    “I think what Derek has done with the Players’ Tribune is really amazing,” said Wozniacki, a two-time finalist at the Open. “He’s put together a great team. As athletes sometimes we get misquoted and this gives us a chance to [avoid that]. There’s no misquotes because it’s us who write it.”

    After her engagement to Rory McIlroy was called off, Wozniacki has since been romantically linked to NFL star J.J. Watt. The two sat together when Duke beat Wisconsin in the NCAA championship game in April.

    Meantime, Loeb, who grew up a Yankees fan in Ossining, was awed at seeing Jeter on the big screen at her match.

    “I would love to meet him,” Loeb said with a huge smile. “That was pretty awesome because I’m a Yankees fan and he’s one of the best baseball players ever so for him to be there, that means a lot.”

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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