After beating Tomas Berdych in round two, he bounced back well from losing the third set to Isner to win 7-6 (7/1) 6-3 6-7 (5/7) 7-6 (7/3) in a match carried over from Saturday evening.
It looked a nightmare draw against a player falsely low in the rankings as he continues to work his way back up after wrist problems that nearly ended his career.
Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, was playing at his first French Open since 2012 because of a series of operations on his left wrist.
The Scot said: "That was obviously a brutal match we played in Rio, but also one of the most memorable that I'll have in my career regardless of what happens in the final few years". Andy saved it to remain in contention and things got even better for the world number 1 when he broke back in game 10, converting his 4th chance after he repelled another set point. "It was tough because he was playing much better than me in the first set". But anyways, I think I did a good tournament.
Hopefully I can extend my stay a little longer, I'm not ready to go home quite yet.
Romanian third seed and 2014 runner-up Simona Halep sealed her place in the French Open fourth round on Saturday with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Russia's Daria Kasatkina. That's been the case so far. "I wanted to play a bit faster, but I just had the wrong timing. I feel so good on this center court".
Continuing to praise the strategy employed by Murray, Del Potro added: "He played very smartly". When he properly unloads, gasps from the crowd are sure to follow, and it put the Argentinian in control of the first set.
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The first set, an 84-minute spectacle, saw Del Potro start strongest, but Murray soon pegged him back to force a tiebreak.
Explaining his reaction, Del Potro said: "Too much frustration". "She's one of those youngsters I see working very hard and fighting for every point".
He maintained the advantage throughout a high-quality set, only to be broken at 5-4 after failing to convert a set point.
The 21-year-old Russian beat John Isner in four sets to set up a fourth-round tie with the world No. 1 - a match he is keenly looking forward to.
"Whoever won that first set had big momentum, it was like an hour and 30 minutes, and in these conditions, when it's very slow and heavy, to be coming back is hard. He had some opportunities to close it out".
This took a lot of energy out from both but it seemed that the Argentine suffered more, catching his breath at the net for a long time after missing the final shot of the set. What do you want me to say? "I will get better". But it still was extremely complicated, because he was starting to return the balls better. He was a real number one. "He has a pretty good demeanour on the court as well, for being very young".
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