On February 14th, finding me is the ultimate goal of hopeless romantics, but if an umpire calls my name during a tennis match, it simply means you scored zero points. What word am I?
Love
In tennis scoring terminology, 'love' represents a score of zero, while in romance, it is the heart of Valentine's Day.
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