Hard School of Opening Leads

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK J 4
  2. heartA 10 9 5
  3. diamond8 7 5 4 2
  4. clubJ
  1. spadeA 5 3
  2. heart2
  3. diamondK J 10 9 6
  4. clubK 10 4 2
Green square in centre

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: heart2
West North East South
Pass 1heart
2diamond 4heart Pass Pass
Pass
Ben led a singleton trump - perhaps not many people's choice. After a pause declarer went up with dummy's ace and played a club to the ace in hand while East followed with the nine. A spade is led towards dummy, so you unconcernedly play low as declarer wins with the king and East contributes the ten. Declarer's next surprise is to play diamondA, diamondQ.

Partner ditches spade9 on the second diamond, so what do you do now?
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