Melinda Louis will miss the remainder of the season for Super Amara Bera after sustaining a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee.
The club confirmed the severity of the injury following medical examinations conducted after the player was forced to leave the court during a European League match.
The injury occurred during the second minute of the first leg of the European League tie in Telde. Louis was accelerating into a counterattack when she reached the nine-meter line and was forced to stop abruptly, immediately falling to the floor in visible pain.
She was later helped to the bench, and subsequent resonance imaging confirmed both the ACL tear and a small rupture of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus in her right knee.
This diagnosis represents one of the most common combined knee injuries, which often occurs during a sudden change of direction while the foot is planted. The club has not yet set a date for the required surgery, but the medical assessment indicates that the winger will be sidelined for the rest of the campaign.
Louis’s absence deepens the injury crisis currently facing the Bidebieta club. She joins a growing list of long-term casualties that includes Elke Karsten and Ester Somaza, leaving the team to navigate the upcoming schedule with a significantly depleted rotation.
This is not the first time the French player has faced a major knee injury during her tenure with the Donostia side. In September 2023, while in her first stint with the club, Louis underwent surgery at Policlínica Gipuzkoa to repair a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and both menisci in her left knee, an injury identified at the time as a triad, according to reports from El Diario Vasco.
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