For Novak Djokovic, Two Down and Two, Maybe Three, to Go

Novak Djokovic soaked in the moment after winning the French Open final on Sunday.Credit...Pete Kiehart for The New York TimesPARIS — With his 19th career Grand Slam singles title in hand, Novak Djokovic is chasing more tennis milestones unreservedly.

No complexes. No playing it cool.

“I’ve achieved some things that a lot of people thought it would not be possible for me to achieve,” he said Sunday after winning his second French Open.

The odds were stacked against him from the start of his journey. His family were ski racers, not tennis players, and lacked the means to fund his career without considerable sacrifice. He grew up in Serbia in a time of conflict, when Serbia was an international…