Why are optimal strategies in a two-player zero-sum game convex?

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The professor told us today, that the set of optimal strategies of the row and column player in a two-player zero-sum game is convex, but he doesn't mention why that is.

What does it even mean that a set of strategies is convex?

Can somebody hint at me?

Edit: This basically means, I have to show that for any two optimal strategies a, b and $\lambda \in [0, 1]$:

$$\lambda a + (1 - \lambda)b$$

is also an optimal strategy.