| Stage | Pair | # | Bds | % | Tops | Bottoms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinal A | 🇮🇳SHAH Anal – 🇮🇳JALAN Hemant K | 21 | 96 | 45.86% | 9 | 11 |
| Opening leads | 73.1% | 26 leads, cost 0.308 |
| Declarer play | 81.2% | 16 contracts, cost 0.25 |
| Defence | 80.4% | 51 boards, cost 0.235 |
Double-dummy is idealised — the true best play needs all four hands — so read these as tendencies, not verdicts. Leads, declarer play and defence are charged to the player: where a protocol says a pair sat N-S its first name sat North and its second South, E-W the same, and the declarer's seat does the rest. Against par is a pair result, so it stays with the pair.