Champion Chen sent packing by close friend Xue

By Rod Gilmour BIRMINGHAM, England, March 10 (Reuters) – - Holder Chen Long was dumped out of the All-England Championships as fellow Chinese and close friend Xue Song continued the upsets in the men's singles on Thursday. A day after second-ranked Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia was sent packing, top seed Chen was beaten 21-19 21-17 as Xue atoned for his early defeat last year to advance to the quarter-finals of the sport's oldest event. "I have to say the top seeds losing means the general sta