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Hans Vergoed, of the Netherlands, led the king of hearts, which Sontag ducked. He also ducked the continuation of the 
Q but won the third round of the suit, throwing a club from dummy, while Andre Mulder pitched an encouraging 
2.
Sontag led the eight of spades and Vergoed had to find a discard. The Dutch pair were playing reverse signals, and he did not wish to pitch the nine of diamonds in case Mulder held, for example, king-ten doubleton. He therefore discarded the 
9, aware that this might look like a high, and therefore discouraging, card to partner.
Of course, this should not matter because South should have made his suit-preference signal with his choice of heart to lead to trick three. Sontag ducked the spade in dummy, so Mulder won the ten and, not reading the position, led the jack of diamonds.
Sontag won the queen and rattled off all five diamond winners. Vergoed, South, was under no pressure, but what was Mulder to keep when dummy came down to AQ7 A?
If he kept two cards in each black suit, Sontag would play ace and another spade and win the last two tricks with the A and Q, just making his contract.
So Mulder came down to three spades and one club. But that was no good either. Sontag cashed the ace of clubs then led the seven of spades from the AQ7, and Mulder won the jack but then had to lead into the ace-queen to give the contract. There was no escape.
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