SERIAL Wimbledon flop Tim Henman predicted yesterday that Andy Murray would “come back stronger” after crashing out of SW19 in the quarter-finals.

The defending champion lost his crown in straight sets to 11th-seed Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday and is expected to see his world ranking drop to 10th when the updated ATP listings are published on Monday — his lowest place since 2008.

But grand-slam-title-shy Henman said the current British number one had “plenty of time left at the top.”

He said: “There’s no way he’s finished, not at all.

“Look at Federer — he’s nearly six years older than Murray, and he’s still doing it at the very highest level.

“Andy is only 27, he has plenty of time left at the top of his game to go and win more grand slam titles, and that’s exactly what I expect him to do.

“I understand the scrutiny, because he’s had so much success and he’s the only home-grown player at that level.

“He didn’t play very well. Dimitrov is one of the best in the world and he took advantage of that.

“He’ll be mulling over his performance and, when the time comes for him to get back out there, he’ll be ready.”

The performance brought renewed scrutiny to Murray’s new coach Amelie Mauresmo but Henman said it would be a “backwards step” to go looking for a replacement already.

“He’s appointed Amelie Mauresmo, and that needs to be given a chance to see whether it can work.

“He’s got to let this develop now and see how things evolve there with Amelie, and perhaps at the end of the year re-evaluate things.”