<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Umdlalo wokuqala kaYuan njengomdlali oqeqeshiwe kwaba ukuhlulwa okuncane ku-Oliver Lines kumqhudelwano wokuqokwa we-2017 Riga Masters ngomhlaka 31 Meyi 2017, ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemuva kokuzalwa kwakhe kweminyaka engu-17. Ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala kwaba ukunqotshwa kuka-Allan Taylor ngo-4 kuya ku-2  <response>: Izivivinyo zokulungiselela i-European Masters. Ukunqoba kukaYuan okungcono kakhulu kwaba u-4-1 ngokumelene noJoe Perry e-English Open okwakuhlanganisa amakhulu amabili eminyaka, no-5-4 ngokumelene noShaun Murphy eShanghai Masters. Emqhudelwaneni we-World Championship, wanqoba uFergal OBrien ngo-105, ngaphambi kokulahlekelwa ngo-109 kuMatthew Stevens, yize ehola ngo-9-7 futhi elahlekelwa ngamathuba amaningana okuwina. Sekukonke u-Yuan wakwazi ukunqoba ama-8 kuphela ngesizini yakhe yokuqala, futhi waqeda isizini esendaweni yama-92. 