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KURSCHAK 2005 Problem 2

    A and B play tennis. The player to first win at least four points and at least two more than the other player wins. We know that A gets a point each time with probability p≤12p\le \frac12 , independent of the game so far. Prove that the probability that A wins is at most 2p22p^2 .

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