Conquering France

When I came to Denmark I began a great undertaking, to defeat the French. How you may ask? In ping pong of course. Within the first day of playing it was obvious who were the best at the game because they always were in the final rounds of the "running game," the French. Initially with my lack of skill and experience I was rarely seen in the final rounds. However with in my first week of intense play I quickly moved up in the ranks. First I defeated the Danish, then the Portuguese, English and Polish. My next task was to take on the Italians a good stepping stone on my road to Paris. They were not easy with their difficult serves and punishing "chinese" smash. However within that first week even they feel to my American might.
My confidence high I decided to challenge one of the french. Unfortunately I was put in my place by my first competitor from Basque. This did not discourage me, in fact it gave me more inspiration to train harder. I practice every day with the others seeking to defeat the french empire. I also constructed a mental list of the Frenchmen that I must defeat in order claim victory. First Mr X, then the cake master, then knicks, then the once bearded man, then G man, and then and only then would I have a chance at defeating Master V. There are other french not on the list but it is my goal to defeat them as well along my trek. It has been a long journey. I have had many hiccups along the way. However daily practice and some tough lessons from Austria and Italy have aided me in sharpening my skills. I am in this venture alone, no other Americans have sought to embark with me on my quest but I am going strong.
I was able to defeat the first three on the list through repeated matches and lots of practice. The others would take some skill and a knowledge of their weaknesses. My most recent training has been a relentless series of losses to the one and only master V as I push ever closer to victory. In these battles however I have learned some of his weaknesses and have better prepared myself against his strengths. There may be a day when I shall defeat him but that day has not yet come.
Today, many weeks after the start of my quest, I reached a major milestone on my quest. I defeated G man not once but twice in a row through solid play and a little bit of luck from the net gods. With this I now have defeated all the residents of my collegium at one point or another with the exception of master V. I have come very close a few times being only one or two points from victory. However defeat has remained elusive to Master V. I continue my quest ever stronger pushing myself to succeed where so many others have not, with the hope that some day American might will reign true and like so many times in history France will be defeated.