Talked, getting love assessed (6)
I believe the answer is:
orated
'talked' is the definition.
(orating is a kind of talking)
'love assessed' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'assessed' becomes 'rated' (rating is a kind of assessing).
'o'+'rated'='ORATED'
'getting' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for orated that I've seen before include "lectured" , "Spoke at length" , "Made speeches" , "made a speech" , "Talked pompously" .)