proving if player 1 has a pure optimal strategy, player 2 should as well

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Problem:

Prove that if in a matrix game 2x2 if the player 1 has a pure optimal strategy, so has player 2

Attempt:

Given:

We know that player 1 has pure optimal strategy, meaning: $$P(x, \overline{y}) \leq P(\overline{x}, \overline{y}) \leq P(\overline{x}, y) $$ Do we actually know that?

I thought about expressing $P(x,y)=-Q(x,y)$ but nowhere it's said that it's an antagonistic game, but then I found this theorem:

If we knew that there is a saddle point, we would know that, there is a price and that: $$P(x, \overline{y}) \leq v \leq P(\overline{x},y)$$ Meaning that there is dual solution:

$$\begin{cases} v -> min\\ P(i,y) \leq v \\ y \in Y \end{cases} $$

$$\begin{cases} v -> max\\ P(x,j) \geq v \\ x \in X \end{cases} $$

Question:

The Problmem is ... do we actually know that we have antagonistic game or a seddle point, just by knowing that Player 1 has pure strategy? How can we prove this ?