Badminton - Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships - Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham - 10/3/16 China's Chen Long during the round of 16 Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers
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.
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