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What does love mean in tennis?


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Tennis Tennis Lingo Dictionary: Refers to the score when no points have been won, as in fourty-love.

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Deuce means the score 40–40 in a game. A player must win 2 consecutive points from a deuce before winning the game.Love means zero (score). ChaCha!

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It means zero. It seems to have been adapted from the phrase 'to play for love (of the game)' (that is, to play for nothing).

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It means zero. It seems to have been adapted from the phrase 'to play for love (of the game)' (that is, to play for nothing).

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In tennis scoring, love means zero points. Thanks for ChaCha-ing!

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