Schubiner, Wynston win Wagar Women’s Pairs

Winners of the Wagar Women’s Pairs: Sondra Schubiner and Linda Wynston.

Sondra Schubiner and Linda Wynston, sitting in 11th place after the first final session of the Wagar Women’s Pairs, came through with a strong game in the final set to win the event by 3.07 matchpoints on a 25 top.
The winners’ 59.69% game was good enough to hold off a hard charge by Sharon Goldman and Justyna Zmuda, who scored 59.31% in the final set to climb from 12th place to the runner-up spot.
Schubiner, of Franklin MI, and Wynston, of Toronto, play regularly. The victory was Schubiner’s first North American championship. Wynston has a second in a nationally rated pairs event and two national championships in Canada.

Runners-up in the Wagar Women’s Pairs: Sharon Goldman and Justyna Zmuda.

Goldman, of New York City, and Zmuda, a Polish star, were playing together for the second time. They debuted as partners at the Spring NABC in Philadelphia.