A hopeless contract under an entry killing leading

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I will bring a deal happening in the 3rd round of 1st WBF Youth Teams Championships between China and Israel in U26 Group B today.

♠ 93 1♢ 1♡
♡ 6 2♢ 3NT
♢ KJ7652 AP
♣ AK96
---------- Lead: ♣7(2/4)
♠ KQT6
♡ KQT84
♢ QT
♣ 82

The lead is quite sharp. It seems hopeless to finish the contract. You may lose 2♣ and 3 Aces. In the meanwhile, there are no 9 quick winners. I played in despair. I hoped I may win 3♣ if I ducked in the first round. So i ducked and hoped defenders made mistakes at that time. Is that correct? Or is there other chance?

Analyzing the leading, ♣7, it indicates that the defender holds ♣T7XX as well as he doesn't hold 4♠. Win with the ♣A and knock out ♢A first. If defenders keep ♣, winning with the ♣K, then it will be blocked in ♣ between defenders. What you should do now is to find out the A that LHO holds and knock out it. What should be mentioned that you should finesse J of your RHO. Otherwise if LHO duck, you still have 8 tricks only.

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