“Shame on you”;”Nothing funny” – Fans disappointed by Denis Shapovalov being compared to Andrey Rublev by media outlet after French Open outburst

A media outlet recently compared Denis Shapovalov’s actions to Andrey Rublev’s outbursts on the court. The Canadian player lost his cool and smashed his racquet on his head during his 2024 French Open third-round match against Hubert Hurkacz.

Eighth-seed Hurkacz won the first set against Shapovalov 6-3 and the Canadian was leading 4-3 in the second set. At deuce in the eighth game, Shapovalov hit a wayward shot to lose the point and give the advantage to the Pole. The Canadian completely lost his composure and started smashing his racquet on his head.

A video of this incident was uploaded by Eurosport on their X account. They captioned the video:

“Shapovalov went full Rublev at Roland-Garros.”

Andrey Rublev has been struggling with mental health problems for years. Sometimes, his anger issues are visible on the court but the issue is extremely sensitive and the comparison did not sit well with fans.

“This is getting ridiculous… Using Andrey’s name to describe self harm ? In general no matter by who it’s horrible to see such scenes and Eurosport has been constantly even putting extra attention to them making players mental health and being even worse,” one fan wrote.

“SHAME ON YOU!CONTINUE TO MOCK PLAYERS FOR SOME LIKES,” another fan wrote.

Several more fans expressed their anger and wrote,