Very emotional at the tennis break point (7)

I believe the answer is:

intense

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'very emotional' is the definition.
'intense' can be an answer for 'emotional' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'very' bit.

'at the tennis break point' is the wordplay.
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'break' is an anagram indicator.
'point' becomes 'e' (E is an example).
'tennis' anagrammed gives 'intens'.
'intens'+'e' is 'INTENSE'.

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(Other definitions for intense that I've seen before include "Extremely forceful" , "Strongly-felt" , "say, description of campers?" , "Concentrated, deeply felt" , "Acute, exteme" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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