Sydney: Australian Davis Cup player Todd Woodbridge has been stranded in the United States following the terror attacks on New York and Washington, team captain John Fitzgerald said on Saturday.Woodbridge was selected for the four-man Australian squad to play Sweden in next weekend's World Group semifinals in Sydney but has not been able to leave the U.S. because of the ban on flights.

The doubles specialist was at his home in Florida when the attacks happened.Fitzgerald said Woodbridge was not expected to arrive in Sydney until Tuesday, just three days before the start of the tie.Australia's newly-crowned U.S. Open champion Lleyton Hewitt did manage to catch the last flight out of New York to Australia after parading his first grand slam trophy through the streets of Manhattan on Monday.

He was in the air when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were rammed by hijacked planes but was not told about the tragedy until his own flight landed safely in Sydney.He was given a few days off to refresh himself after his demanding fortnight at Flushing Meadows before returning to the practice court on Saturday, impressing everyone with his form."It's amazing how he can just pick it up straight away," Fitzgerald said."He gets to a new venue, he just goes out and he seems to hit the ball in the middle. It takes a special player to be able to do that."

Woodbridge and Hewitt will be joined in the Australian team by twice U.S. Open champion Patrick Rafter and Wayne Arthurs.The Swedes arrived in Sydney on Friday and were content with just a light workout on Saturday."We're having quite an easy day. We'll just hit some balls and then we will start practicing harder and harder over the next couple of days," Swedish coach Anders Jarryd said.Jarryd is well known in Australia. He and Fitzgerald were doubles partners for many years, pairing up to claim four Grand Slam titles, including two Wimbledon crowns.Jarryd also won an Australian indoor title in the 1980s and was on the Swedish team that lost Davis Cup finals to Australia in 1983 and 1986."This is my third time around, so maybe we can be a little more lucky this time," Jarryd said.