Andy Murray has "bigger and better things around the corner" than his straight-sets Wimbledon semi-final defeat to Roger Federer, according to Tim Henman.
Centre Court king Federer beat Murray 7-5 7-5 6-4 on Friday, to book a re-run of last year's Wimbledon final with Novak Djokovic.
Seven-time champion Federer produced a matchless display to reach his 10th Wimbledon showpiece - but former British number one Henman told compatriot Murray not to suffer too long in defeat.
"Andy played some great tennis but he came up against perhaps the greatest player of all time and he realises that there's plenty more opportunities ahead of him," Henman told the BBC of 2013 Wimbledon champion Murray's loss.
"He's got Davis Cup against France next week and I hope that he doesn't dwell on (defeat) too much: because right now his game I think is as good as it's ever been and there are going to be a lot of bigger and better things around the corner.
"Murray will be bitterly disappointed but when he reflects on his performance I just really don't think he did much wrong."
Former Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick believes Murray will cope with his latest Federer defeat far better than those of the past.
Federer thrashed Murray 6-0 6-1 in November's ATP World Tour Finals in London, but the British world number four has launched a steady recovery since.
When it came to a Wimbledon rematch however, 17-time major champion Federer inflicted another painful defeat on Dunblane native Murray.
Three-time Wimbledon finalist Roddick marvelled at Federer's fulsome serving statistics, hot off the heels of his record 116-game streak of holding serve that ended in his routine quarter-final victory over Gilles Simon.
"Two things which is a sure tell: Roger's service percentage, we were harping on about it during the match, it was up over 75 per cent today, on the heels of 73 per cent the last round," Roddick told the BBC.
"I don't know that I've ever seen his serve in a rhythm like this.
"Also just his ability to flatten out the backhand, take it up the line, that's not normally a shot, as great as Roger Federer is, it's normally not a shot we associated with his game.
"When he's doing that, he's supremely confident.
"Andy Murray's serve speeds were as high as they've been throughout the whole tournament, up over 120 pretty consistently.
"It's not like he was just spinning it in to get the point started, he was hitting his serves pretty well.
"He was up over 70 per cent first serves also for most of the match.
"It's just a testament to how good Roger Federer is seeing the ball right now: it must look like a basketball for him.
"It will be easier for Andy to get past this loss than maybe some of the other ones.
"I give credit to Andy Murray for being able to answer the 'how awesome is Roger Federer?' question so quickly.
"He went way past 'Roger played great, this, that and the other'.
"In that scenario my answer would have been a lot shorter.
"But that speaks to the maturity of Andy Murray.
"To go through the process of praising a guy who just took him down Centre Court: I thought that was pretty cool."
Source: PA
