Andy Murray survived an alarm to achieve the Olympic men’s singles quarter-finals however Johanna Konta left the ladies’ singles.
Murray battled back in the wake of losing eight progressive amusements to enroll a 6-1 2 6-3 triumph over Italian Fabio Fognini.
He and Heather Watson then finished a 6-3 6-3 win over Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro and David Ferrer in the blended doubles.
Murray will confront American Steve Johnson in the singles keep going eight on Friday. The Wimbledon champion was under weight going into the third set before winning six recreations in succession to advance, in the process extending his triumphant rushed to 15 matches taking after his French Open final annihilation by Novak Djokovic in June.
“It was really, really hard out there and difficult to appreciate unless you were actually out there playing,” Murray said.
“Sometimes the conditions don’t allow for you to play really well and the conditions didn’t allow that today.”
It was an alternate matter in the doubles, where he and Watson contended a quick triumph after they got a late ring when Romanians Monica Niculescu and Florin Mergea pulled back from the opposition.
It was a baffling day for British number one Konta, who conveyed a mistake strewn execution against Germany’s Angelique Kerber.
Number two seed Kerber took a little more than a hour to beat Konta 6-1 6-2.
The Briton and blended doubles accomplice Jamie Murray put in a solid execution against Americans Jack Sock and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, however Konta endured her second annihilation of the day as they were beaten 6-4 6-3.
Watson, who was thumped out of the second round of the ladies’ singles, conceded she “had her sacks pressed” before listening to she was playing.
“I genuinely had all my stuff packed, I had no idea, wasn’t sure if we’d get in and then just got told, ‘Get your kit on, you’re on’,” she said.
“I really do enjoy mixed doubles I enjoy the variety and trying to return the guy’s serves, all of it.”
“This has been a great tournament, a great week for me already,” Del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion, said.
“I’m looking forward to go far, trying to fight for one medal. I’m still playing well, but the next round is going to be a really difficult match for me.”
