The tennis match was delayed due to heavy rain, but it resumed after an hour.
B2Sentence
Narrator
The tennis match was delayed due to heavy rain, but it resumed after an hour.
Study notes
How to use in different contexts
Reporting News
Due to heavy rain, the tennis match was delayed but resumed after an hour.
Describing an Event
The tennis match was interrupted by a downpour, but play restarted after a one-hour delay.
Casual Conversation
The tennis match got rained out for a bit, but they got back to it after an hour.
Formal Writing
Inclement weather caused a one-hour delay in the tennis match, after which play recommenced.
Rephrased versions
Formal
The tennis match experienced a delay of one hour due to torrential rain, but subsequently resumed.
Casual
The tennis game got held up by the rain, but they started playing again after an hour.
Simpler English
The tennis match stopped because of heavy rain, but it started again after an hour.
Phrases to learn
delayed due to
Postponed or interrupted because of.
resumed after
Started again after a pause.