MIAMI, March 30 — Having announced in January that she will retire from the sport at the end of this season, the 30-year-old American has reached her first WTA 1000 Series final and will meet Elena Rybakina today for the Miami Open title.

Outside of a run to the final of the 2022 Australian Open, which she lost to Ash Barty, this is Collins’s best performance in an elite level event and the Floridian, ranked 53rd in the world, is loving every minute of it.