In which sport is the term "love" used instead of the word "nil" or "zero"?
Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.
Love – a term used in tennis instead of the word ‘nil’ or ‘zero’. It is used to describe a lack of score in either points, games or sets. i.e. a game score of 30-0 is given as ‘30 love’ and a set score of 6-0 is given as ‘six love’.
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Peter de Loriol
The rules of the game were created in French and Love is the anglo pronunciation of l'oeuf (shaped like a zero)
Sandie de Rougemont
I’ve never understood tennis scores so this helps a bit!
patrhea
Nice game to play.
Good q&a
Mark G. Feeney
Dario Gritti, thank you. The answer should have included that.
Richard G Schwartz
Love is not a word you wanna hear playing tennis,unless it's your opponent.
Roselyn L Prollo
At the beginning of the game ,when both side have no score,the game is love,because in tennis love means having a score of zero or nil.
Irene Townsend
Dario Gritti, Thank you I wondered where it came from.
earlepg
Christine , "Not likely"?
Wyla Reedy
It does sound better. Especially to the losing team.
fdeisner
I love this question, NOT.
Krissie
Football?! 😂😂
Vikram Mangaldas Ahiwale
Its a long time have heard of tennis sport, such a misery., Alas!!!.
John W Shreve
It could be, "I love tripping the point guard on his way down the court."