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I think your main problem was that you were actually trying to game someone in motion. 2 points about that:
1. Things in motion stay in motion
2. Never try to approach someone walking past you as you walk towards them.
This is when you need to be going the same direction but slightly ahead, look over your shoulder and open them, if they try to walk away do not follow. If you open well then they will stop.
I actually disagree a little. Since there were 6's in the set, he might have been able to open them. In my experience, a 6 loves attention much more than a 9, and is therefore much easier to open.
What I've learned about 9's, is that you shouldn't open the whole set, but everyone in the set but her.
I think that if you looked at one of the 6's, looking at her in a questioning manner and then opening her. By doing this, she'll know that she has your attention, she'll be looking at you and actually being able to receive what you say to her.
After opening, focus ONLY on the 6's and barely pay attention to the 9. If she gets off the phone somewhere in the conversation and asks about what's going on (she probably will, since she's used to being the center of attention), neg her about interrupting or raise your finger as if saying "not now" without even acknowledging her presence.
And then you probably know how to proceed.
But still, since it's in the middle of the day and they were probably heading somewhere, I would just have taken this as practice.
And voilá, an opened set and hopefully some value built and attention from the 9.