Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Asọmpi mbụ nke Yuan dịka ọkachamara bụ mmeri dị nta nye Oliver Lines na 2017 Riga Masters qualifiers na 31 May 2017, ụbọchị abụọ mgbe ụbọchị ọmụmụ 17 ya gasịrị. Mmeri mbụ ya bụ mmeri 4x2 meriri Allan Taylor na
Ndị na-asọ mpi n'asọmpi European Masters. Mmeri kacha mma nke Yuan bụ 4-1 megide Joe Perry na English Open (nke gụnyere narị afọ abụọ), na 5-4 megide Shaun Murphy na Shanghai Masters. Na World Championship, ọ meriri Fergal O'Brien 10<unk>5, tupu ọ daa 10<unk>9 na Matthew Stevens, n'agbanyeghị na ọ na-edu 9-7 ma na-efu ọtụtụ ohere iji merie. Na ngụkọta Yuan jisiri ike merie naanị mmeri 8 na oge mbụ ya, wee mechie oge nke 92.