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\n No cookies & a travelling physio: The changes that carried Fils from setback to surge<\/p>\n
Frenchman to face Paul in Miami QFs Wednesday<\/p>\n
March 25, 2026<\/p>\n
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Arthur Fils is into the quarter-finals in Miami.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Arthur Fils<\/a>\u2019 2026 season didn\u2019t begin with a first-round match. It began with recovery. When the season opened, Fils was still sidelined, recovering from a stress fracture in his back that he sustained at Roland Garros<\/a> last May. The injury eventually forced him to shut down his 2025 season in August, delaying his return to the Tour until February. <\/p>\n Yet, within a matter of weeks, Fils has managed to turn that delayed start into momentum. Since his return, Fils has reached the quarter-finals in Montpellier, the championship match in Doha, and now back-to-back quarter-finals at the BNP Paribas Open<\/a> and Miami Open presented by Itau<\/a>. As a result, the 21-year-old has surged to 11th in the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin. <\/p>\n \u201cI am very happy to be back on Tour, it’s been a long, long time,\u201d he said. \u201c[I went] six, eight months without playing, so very happy to be back to compete against these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n What makes the return notable is not just how quickly the results have come, but the number of changes Fils had to make to put himself in a position to be able to succeed. The recovery period forced him into a different daily structure. <\/p>\n \u201cNow I’m travelling with my private physio,\u201d Fils shared. \u201cI think it’s already a big change, because I do a lot of treatment, in the morning, lunch time and evening as well. [I changed] the technique, I changed the serve a bit, I changed the way I move on the court, I changed the forehand a bit.<\/p>\n \u201cWe made with the team some big adjustments, especially with the physical part. I would take care of my body a bit more, but I was not thinking like this before. I was like, \u2018Okay, I’m younger. It’s okay. I can handle everything\u2019, but my back didn’t think that was the same.\u201d <\/p>\n Fils admitted the more difficult shift was not technical, but off-court. Having started playing the sport as a five-year-old, the Frenchman was accustomed to old habits, and changes did not come easily. <\/p>\n \u201cI never doubted that I was going to change it, but it\u2019s not easy,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen it’s things that are not even on court, and are outside the court, and I’m like, \u2018Well, that’s how I’m living, that’s my life’. And then you have to change it a little bit. You have to make a choice and be the best version that you can be.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n