love hold

English

Noun

love hold (plural love holds)

1. (tennis) A game in which the server wins every point (in which the server holds to love).
   • 2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.