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Dua has all the odd natural numbers less than 20. Asija has all the even numbers less than 21. They play the following game. In each round, they take a number from each other and after every round, they may fix two or more consecutive numbers so that their opponent cannot take these fixed numbers in the next round. The game is won by the player who attains 10 consecutive numbers first. Does either player have a winning strategy?